Evening star., 1918-06-08
JAPANESE CONTROL
Of CHINA DENIED
Military Agreement Affects
Only Joint Defense,
Says Toxic.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC June 7.-An official state
ment issued by the japanese govern
ment emphatically denies the recently
published report that the Chino-Japa-
nese military agreement gave to ia
pan control Of the Chinese military
forces, finances. railways. mines. etc.
TOXIC, June s.-The official state
ment issued by the Japanese govern
ment explanatory Of the Chino-Japa-
nese military agreement declares
that this agreement relates only to
cooperation by the two.natipns In de-
ferse of tie peace md rs1fsfs OF the
war east. and explicitly denies vari-
GUS rumors to the contrary.
Text Of Statement.
The text of the explanatory state
ment which accompanied the notes
exchanged between the two govern
ments reads:
Having regard to the steady pene-
tration of hostile influence into Rus
and welfare Of the far east. and rec
ognizing the imperative necessity Of
cooperation between Japan and
China adequately to meet the ext
gencies of the case. the governments
of the two countries, after a frank
interchange of views, caused the an
nexed notes to be exchanged March
affairs and the Chinese minister at
TOXIC.
I'm pursuance Of the purpose Of the
notes the imperial governments sub
sequently sent commissioners repre-
senting the imperial army and navy
to Peking. where they held confer
ences with the authorities Of the Chi
nese army. The negotiations progress
ing smoothly. two agreements were
concluded, one relating to the navy. on
May 19. These agBeements embody
only the concrete arrangements as to
the manner and conditions under
which the armies and navies Of the
two countries are to cooperate in the
common defense against the enemy
on the basis of the aforementioned
notes exchanged March rs.
''The details Of the arrangements,
constituting as they do a military Sc
cret, cannot be made public but they
contain no provision other than those
pertaining to the object already de-
fined.
Rumors Denied.
Currency has been given to yari-
Gus rumors alleging that the agree
ments contain. for instance, such stfp-
ulations as that the Chinese expedf-
ton is to be under Japanese COM
mand; that japan may construct forts
In Chinese territory at such places
as she may choose; that Japan will
take control Of the Chinese railways,
shipyards and arsenals. and even that
Japan will assume control of Chfna's
finances. will organize China's police
system. will acquire the right of free
ly operating the Chinese mines pro-
ducing materials for the use of the
arsenals, etc.
ut cannot be too emphatically stated
that these and similar rumors are alb
solutely unfounded."
The Shanghai Gazette, which printed
its first issue on April "a, under the
editorship Of Eugene Chen, an An
glicized Chinese. who formerly edited
the Pekfng Gazette, stated that the
Chinese government had agreed to
new demands by Japan, which were
of such a nature that the country vir-
tually had been turned over to the
Japanese. The Gazette asserted it had
been informed by a high official in
Peking that the Japanese demands
were Of far more serious nature
than were those in group five of the
famous twepty-one demands made by
Japan in 1915.