Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-08
DEMANDS OF JAPAN MAY
EFFECT INTERESTS OF U. S !.
China'S Sovereignty Involved
in New and Far-ReaChing
StipulatiOnS
CBy Associated Press


WASHINGTON, Sept. 6-Sweeping de-
mands. far more drastic than any pub
lished summaries have indicated. are
revealed in the secret terms being press
ell on China by Japan as a result o.
the recent armed conflict between sol
diers of the two nations at Chens CHA
tun. I'm inner Mongolia. Private dis
patches received mere revealed that ia
pan seeks indemnities, an apology ana
political concessions throughout the
whole section of inner Mongolia and
south Manchuria.
The four formal demands are quoted
as follows: ..-.
1. Punishment of the commanding
Chinese officer involved in the trou-
BILE.
?. Dismissal, with punishment of the
other officers involved.
3. Instructions to Chinese troops in
inner Mongolia and south Manchurla
not to interfere in any way with Jap
anese troops or civilians, and to pub
lish this fact broadly.
4. Recognition OF special interests
for Japan in inner Mongolia and south
AIanchuria. comprising powers OF police
and administration, preference In loans
ana in the selection of all foreign ad-
viseTs. etc. go .,..a a.,
1sssidex the four demands are TOUR
.concessions'' which China is asked to
grant Japan without formal demand, as
follows:
1. The Chinese army in south Man
churia and eastern Mongolia to employ
Japanese military advisers.
2 Chinese schools and colleges to have
Iananese military inspectors. This is
moi limited to any section in dispatches
- co. racaix-ed
s. A formal apology in person from
:ba Chinese governor at Dairen TO the
TaDanese consul at Mukden for the
cheng Chiatun trouble.
a Monetary compensation to the fami-
lies OF the japanese killed. the amount
to be settled by later nes0 d
- ATTITUDE OF u. ).
Secretary Lansing refused 20
comment on the dispatches nor to out
line what might be the attitude OF the
American government. 1t is known.
hoxvaver. that steps will be taken imme-
5iateIx bv the state department to Sc
cure detailed reports and learn the
fuII significance of Japan's act. Amer
can interests seem at first glance 10
be more deeply. involved than In any
event in the far east since Japans IA
nous uItimatum to China of May, 1915.
At most Japan mad been expected to
demand the extension to inner Mongolia
OF rights already secured in South
Nanchuria Instead, it is pointed out
she seeks more than she has ever be-
fore demanded in this section, and De-
sides asking full reparation for the
specific difficulty, she made 1T the basis
for demanding political rights which
are interpreted in Pekin as Destroy
ing Cnina's sovereignty in that whole
enormous section.
Special attention is attracted here to
the demand for a formal apology in
person from the Chinese governor in
srIkden to the japanese governor at
Dairen and the Japanese consul al
Afukden. This would require the Chi,
nese official to humiliate his governs
ment by going into Japanese territory
But il is the political articles which
cause the deepest anxiety to Washing
ton officials They were omitted en-
tireIy in the published demands. The
recognition of special rights" is open
to the most extreme Interpretation
and IL is feared might cut directly
across the American policy of the in
tegrity of China. Also it has in its pos
abilities Of violation of the open door
policy and the making of the whole
vast region involved a mere dependency
of Japan.
Article 8 of the demands places
Japanese soldiers and troops in this
Chinese territory entirely above the
control of China's sovereignty there
Japanese have already won the right
| to their own courts and in many places
their own police