Arizona republican., 1916-09-06
|NDEMN|T|ES,
 APOLOGY AND
 CONCESSIONS
[Republlcan A. p. Leased wirel

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 WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.-Sweep- ing and drastic demands are revealed in the secret terms being pressed on China hy' Japan. Private dispatches reveal that Japan seeks indemnities an apology and political concession.
 The four formal demands are quot ed as follows:
 l. Punishment of the commanding officer involved in the military trouble in inner Mongolia.
 ?. Dismissal. with punishment, Of the other officers involved.
 ,. Instructions to Chinese troops in affected district not to interfere with Japanese troops Or civilians.
 1. Recognition of '-specla. interest for Japan n inner Mongolia and south Manchuria comprising powers of police and administration. prefer ence to leans and the selection of all foreign advisors etc.
 Besides the four demands" are four concessions" which China is lsked to grant Japan without formal demand. as follows:
 l. The Chinese army in south Manchuria and eastern Mongolia tu employ Japanese military advisers.
 ,. Chinese schools ard colleges ta have Japanese military inspectors This is not limited to any section.
 2. A formal apology in person from he Chinese governor at Mukden to the Japanese governor at Dairen and the Japanese consul at Mukden for he Cheng Chiatum trouble.
 1. Monetary compensation to the families of the Japanese killed. the amounts to be settled later by nego- tiation.
 Secretary Lansing refused tonight O outline what might be the attitude )f the American government. It is tnown, however. that steps will be aken immediately to learn the full 'trength of Japan's act. American interests seem at first glance to be more deeply involved than in any went in the Far East since Japan's famous ultimatum to China of May. 1909. Japan seeks more than ever 'efore, demanding political rights which are interpreted in Picking as destroying China's sovereignty in that whole enormous section.
 Special attention is centered on the 'ormal apology in person from the Chinese governor in Mukden 10 the Iapanese governor at Darien and the fapanese consul at Mukden.
 But it is the political articles which ,ause deepest anxiety to Washington officials Recognition of special rights" is open to the most extreme
 interpretation, and might cut directly across the American policy of the
 integrity of China. Also. it has in it. 1ossihiliitiec of violation of the open 1oor policy
 Japanese already have won the right to their own courts and in many places their own police The employment of Japanese military ad- viscrs for Chinese forces is thought
 o he first move to secure Japanese control of ChiRa's armed forces there nothing for China but submission ,hina is in no condition to offel ,erious resistence. Her financial condition is desperate and her army poorly equipped. Moreover, the pres mt quarrel is very close to Japan's forces along the Manchurian railroad and considerably removed from China oase.
 No foreign country. save possibly he United States. is expected tC offer objection to Japans course be cause of conditions abroad and som' | departments here believe Japan ha. chosen the time to put in force he | Monroe doctrine" for China. China's new administration unde | President Iii Yuan Hung. is reported | 70 be consolidating itself successful! after the confusion caused by Yual | Shi Kai's death. Finance present.
 the most insuperahle difficulty a | present.
 | The seriousness of the situation wa 1 heightened today with reports of an l other conflict between Chinese am | Japanese troops at Chaoyangpo. Pri | yate advices from Picking claim tha the Japanese troops attacked tn l Chinese garrison there. The Japanes | lContinued on Page Two