Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-27
JAPAN REVIEWS
DEMANDS ON CHINA
Manchester Guardian Says Great
Britain Will Object TO Interior
ence with It's Chinese Policy.
WANTS STRONG HOME REGIME

LONDON, Jan. 26.-The japanese
government has delivered to the
Chinese minister in Toxic. for trans
mission 20 his government. a note en-
bodying seven demands which, we're
included in the japanese program OF
last spring. the Manchester Guardian
learns from far eastern sources.
The Guardian expresses the hope that
this news win be "authoritatively con-
tradictcd." az the demand. when previ-
ously presented. were full Of danger 20
china's Independence and their genrsi
effect would have been TO place China
under the tutelaEe OF japan. 1T is the
aim and hope Of British policy" the
newspaper continues, to ace China strong
and independent. developing peacefully.
without interference from any foreign
power
1T ls duty we owe both TO ourselves
end TO China" says the Guardian, finally,
TO help Il IN that direction, and we have
enormous material interests. too. which
reinforce what Ia for US the only right
snd Just policy"
History OF Incident
on january n. 1918. Japan presented 20
china a list OF twonty-one demands ar
ranged IN five groups. The first group
related 20 the shantung province and to
the conceding TO Japan OF rights and
privileges previously enjoyed by Gar
many in shantunS. as we'll as new pre-
negatives. Group two related TO South
Manchuria snd TO concessions there for
leasing Of property. trading. railroad op-
Grafton and construction. the appointment
OF Japanese ~ political, financial and
military advisers and other concessions.
This group also included demands for
special rights 10 he granted 20 Japan re-
gardinE inner Mongolia. Group three re-
ferred to the zIaneh- Pins company. Group
four. known as the special group" de-
msnded that china proclaim that here
after Il would not Yield or lease any
coastal territory 10 any power.
Group five, known as the general
group. was che one which aroused most
vigorous protests from the Chinese GOV.
eminent. II contained seven articles, the
first regarding the employment by China
OF japanese as advisers; the second, the
construction Of Japanese churches. hos
pitfalls and schools in China: third. the
employment OF japanese IN tho police de-
partments in the large centers: fourth,
China TO purchase certain proportion
Of war munitions from Japan; fifth,
Japan's right g construct certain rail-
roads in China: sixth. concessions 70
Japan In the province of Fukien. and.
seventh, the right OF Japanese subjects
TO proposals. buddhism in China.
The Omitted States government ad-
dressed not 10 japan with regard 70
the demands made upon China. quarry
ing IN particular with respect TO three
points: The selection OF foreign advissrn
~ China, the purchase OF war muni.
Tons. and the Question Of foreign loans.
The Japanese g6vernnnent replied 10 the
tiote on Match q. 4-f
On May q two treaties between Japar
and China together with thirteen notSv.
were signed in the Chinese foreign Of
fsre, covering. II was announced. the
practical conclusions reached on the
Japanese demands. OF which, however.
five articles ware left for Interior arru-
iusnt. II was Understood at the time
that the articles for consideration were
those OF group five The articles Ia
thiB group were originally seven IN num-
Der. but Il was later stated that article
three had been eliminated and that arts-
Gle six had been displaced by pledres
that China would undertake no military
on naval preparations nor authoriss for
etgners 10 undertake such preparations.
on the Fukien coast IN the future. It "a
possible that the seven demands alluded
% In the Manchester Guardians article
were the original seven OF group five.
WASHINGTON. jan. as.--Merely mat.
poned and never definitely abandoned
was the status o group five OF the Japa
neso demands upon China a. Il was un.
aerstood by officials here.
DIPLOMATS here question whether DE-.
ssiopments Of the military situation n
Europe. the dependence OF Russia uDot
Japan fer munitions OF war and the re.
lafions OF Great Britain and France with
japan for the maintenance OF their IN
terests IN the far cast have not place
the alice IN . position where they ma,
feel that they cannot afford 10 take issu,
With Japan over a question which Il re
sards a. one properly concerning oni,
ttseif ana China. Many OF them fee
that the only power IN position 20 max,
any effective protest against renewal o
the japanese demands II the Unite,
States
All the articles IN group five wen
REGARDED as Objectionable by the Unite
States, Japan's demand for monopoly q
railroad construction in parts OF Chin
Was regarded as closing a door 70 AIMEE
lean opportunity; American missionaire
objeeted 20 the Japanese proposal 4
propagate buddhism In China and IN
proposal to employ japanese police i
Chinese cities was constructed 80 an AZ
sumption OF sovereignty.
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