The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-10
Jnpa,1's Claims On China

a CCOEDlNII to the reports which reached
> here from the Orient in yesterdays mail
China was stunned by the Japanese demands
presented by Baron Hayashi as condition upon
which his government was willing to settle the
Chengchiatun incident which resulted in the death
of number OF Japanese and Chinese soldiers.
The Japanese minister presented these demands
on September g. Part of the demands were writ
ten, but part were verbal and given with request
that they be held secret. Consequently the full
importance of the Japanese demands was not
known for many days. In fact the full import Of
the demands is not now generally realized, as the
language of number of them is so definite that
they are capable Of very broad interpretation
The two demands OF greatest moment are those
which insist upon China granting police power to
Japan in Eastern Inner Mongolia and Southern
Manchuria, and upon the employment OF Japanese
military instructors in military colleges and schools
throughout entire China.
The FIRST Of these demands was written but in
such general terms that its meaning was indefinite
and capable of the broadcast of Interpretation
1T exacted the right to establish police stations in
a part OF Eastern Inner Mongolia and Southern
Manchuria where Japanese reside, the number Of
the stations to be fixed in the future: The treaty
OF 1915 between Japan and China granted the
Japanese the right of residence in South Man
churia and Eastern Inner Mongolia. The Jap
anese under this treaty to be limited to ports
open to foreign settlement At present only five
ports are open, but others will be open from time
) to time when Japan fit. and eventually the
Japanese will be able to reside legally i'll all more
important Southern Manchuria and Eastern Inner
Mongolian cities and towns. Japanese are now
living all Southern Manchuria and Eastern
Inner Mongolia without legal right.
The Chinese insist that granting the Japanese
demands for police power in Eastern Inner Mon
golia and Southern Manchuria would amount to
the surrender OF sovereignty in these places. This
view is also shared by all Europeans living in
China. However, China is in no position to re-
fuse this demand. The financial needs of the Chi
nese republic pressing that it must depend
upon Japan Tor money, and this situation renders
the Chinese foreign Office helpless
The unwritten demand for the employment Of
Japanese military instructors in all Chinese mill
tary colleges and schools, is extremely dstastefu
to China and has provoked wide discussion in the
Chinese press, which believes that the granting
Of this demand will eventually give Japan domi-
nation Of the military party in China and practical
control OF national politics.
: From the first OF the negotiations concerning
the ChengChiatun affair. Japan has assumed that
its original statement OF the facts is correct and
has proceeded the theory that the Chinese
troops and the Chinese commander at Chengcha
tnn were wholly in the wrong. This assumption
has been very offensive to the Chinese press which
constantly reminds the Japanese that their troops
were in ChengChiatun wholly without legal right,