The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-06
hpa1s Demands Upon China
More Sweeping by Far III, I
Summaries Have H1diC0 /

WASHINGTON Sept. 5.--SweeplnS de-
| naaads. far more drastic than any puo-
lished summaries have Indicated are re-
yealed in the secret terms oelnf pressed
on China by Japan as result 81 the re-
cent armed conflict oet~eca soldiers %
the two nations az Cheng Chiat":t Il:
Inner Mongolia Private ds3oa,chcs re-
ceived here to-day reveal that iapal'
seeks indemnities. an apology and P"!t
tical concessions Throughout; the wh"Ie
section OF inner Mongolia and SoHsh
Manchuria.
Tie four t3rrn;,l demands are quoted
rs follows:
l-Punishmcnt' OF n" commandinS
Chinese officer involved in the is"i' bte'
2-DismtsSal. with punishment. 81 i"c
bother Officers involved. -
! S-InstructirnS - ClrrSH troops III
F.; inner Mongolia an! south M;tntn"r,t n"C
: TO interfere IN 'tty way vita Jlt2a'tsS =
troops or civilians. and 70 puoitSh tA's'
't 1t r e OF special interests
TOR Japanese in inner Mongoha alG
south Manchuria. comprising powers %
police and administrator. preference IN
loans and in He selection OF IL. s"Feien
sss;dss ths demands are four
.conceSsious. China IS .ask,d 10
crepd JaT,an witt. FORMAL GCNldliC as
follows:
THE Chinese n south Man
churia and eastern VIA 70 s''pio'
= Japanese military ad, -
2-Chinese schools c"lleses . ~ ~
have Japanese military IsctoFS, t ,
is not limited TO any Scctloh III w.
patches so far received
"a formal apology IN person l'u on
the Chinese Governor OF MakdeN. co "
Japanese Governor at patren ana ths
DS,tl n
Cheng Chiatun trouble .o,,-
,stes Of the Japanese killed, i the aIHo""'S
TO be settled by later negotiations
Lansing Noncornu1ttal.
Secretary Lansing refused t"niSht 20
comment on the despatcheS or 10 on
what might be the attitude or tle Amer ,
lean government. 1t IS known may
sten. viii be made Immediately by the
State Department to secure detallcd r.
ports and learn the full Slsnltlcaice -,
Japan's act. American lnoers ssa91r in.
volved than in any event in the Far EasS
since Japans famous ultimatum u
China of May. 1915. os -
At most japan had oeen eSps IoroI 10 .
demand the extension to inner 9ioh "a
of rights already secured in SoutA Ma'.'
churia. Instead. 1t is pointed out, sne
xeeks more than she has ever .petore
demanded IN this $ect% IN. 1 fbn srs"itiS
dfiEculty. she has made II the basis Tor
demanding political rights which are
Shina's sovcrelsnty II tina, whole enor-
NOUS section. Special attention is at,
tracted here to The demand for formal
apology IN person from the ChiusSs t ':',\.-
ernor in Muktlen 20 the Japanese ,."S-
crnor ar Daircn am! the .FapanSS. con-
sui at Mukdrn. This would Irsqu'r" the
Chinese official 70 humiliate his govern
rucnt by going into Japanese tcrtiISoirH,,
But it is the political articles wnlc!'
cause deepest anxiety I" Washington o.
tciaIs They were omitted entirely IN
The published demands: The rsc"sns,
n tion OF special rights IS open ~ 'H
feared, might cut directly across thH
American policy OF tn integrity 81
China. Also II has in it possibilities ~ 81,
violation of III" rpen door p"icE anu
rolved q mere dependency OF JAPAN.