Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-04

shantung to Chin .
Within a Year

,,-srs,sn ~ Yesuise Mafsuaisa. oss-
,rtsry Jspansss forsipn nspt-
Lopts for opsninn Repr*iufions
sstwssn T~p Governments With
IN Few Months
Nam yu-k. Sept. Substitution Of
No urpviuce Of Shaut1zng To Chtna
nv 1auan, within n year WIS predict
az to-day ny Ynsuke Matsunka. sec-
rra-v II I'm funign Department OF
1snar anc q member Of the Japanese
rsars delegation. He has just ax1-iT-
I'd mere trnm Paris ON his way To
japan
81 snnuid mot be at all surprised,
Nc said. EFF cur government opeusd
wiff1r very few months, or even a.
few weeks. negotiations with the
-b1uess government with q view To
sr.Iing the Ehanrz1ng question Ia a
wa satisfactory to al cuncernac."
In q statement ON the Ehauruug
o,,astiun. Mr.. MarsuDixa said:
"rn ttDse Of US vino have pzrtiri-
uated in the peace conference fhere
Is no; the shadow of duuut that Japan
viii Withdraw fruzn Ehantung 1T the
earliest possible mumenf. The paace
treaty requires Germany 10 hand
over To Japan an the documents rel
ative To Shantung within ti1ree
months after the treaty comes into
torrs When this is DONE, Japan viii
mmedints,y take steps toward the
restitution which japan has pledgef
herself 10 make IN favor Of China
The rerns an which Japan win
restore Shanrung ara now fHlrfy we'll
snuwn 10 the world. Briefly stated,
tns main points Of rhese terms are:
"Frst- Japan is to restore Kiau-
Chan. the German leased territry To
China
Second. In returning -Chau,
lapan IN the interest Of all nations.
sskH only une thing, nRmely. that thu
tsrftory he open to International
nadA Il in only an naturally curui-
ay Of TINS proposed measure that
Japan also desires to establish an
International mot a Japanese SETTLE
MANI. in Ehe city Of TsinE-Tan. In
tn ChInc-JapHnese agreement of
NY e, 1s915, a JapRnese settlement
Ms To have been established IN ad-
titinn to an international one. but
Fscounf Uchida- cur fkreign MINIS
=, declared ON Aug. last, that ia
nr would waive the right TO estab-
Mt q Jarzneae settlement.
Third Japan win Withdraw AL hni
Dcps nDt only frum the railway zuns
sr trum Tsing- Tan. After the resfitu-
m uf Kizu-Chau mn a single Japan
~ so1diHr win be iaft I'm tina soil Of
hanfung.
Fourth. The Shaurung railway OF
n miles VIII be operated, not by Jauzn,
gu. By Chinp-JRp4nese 5uint cprpnra-
h ur. IN which buth Japanese and Chi
aese capital viii be represented. Of
course China viii participate IN the
management of this railway.
Fifth. Japan viii Withdraw her rc-
ane furne Hnm alnng the railway and
utrun the Chinese authorities with rfae
pciic,ng Of thaf region.
Hesides the matters inciu1ed IN the
move FIVE categuries there are uuss-
IONS Of the German submarine cables,
faiiways. luans ana preferential rights
Hth regards 10 the supply of capital
INC materials and the employment of
sfe,sners IN Shanfung. ] believe these
saestonf can easily he settled.
DO not with To say that thnse viii;
y the exact terms. hut I am prepared
y declare that our overture To China
VII Dc along these lines Let me en-
naasizs once more tnRt these negutin-
nun will be entered intp within a vc-,
ihrr time. The solemn pletge sine MES
sEsn 10 China before the whole wur,d
WI De carried OUT under all circurn-
sisnres
Japan uas taken nothing trum China
shantung. but proposes 70 give her
sac.- 4. What we have taken
snantung WIFE taken from Germany,
l9 TON China This point can mot
e'sc strongly emphasized