Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-29
SAY CH|NA's PROBLEM
Due TO JAP MEDDL|NG
oriehtal Commission Issues State
mcnt Answering Declaration
OF Baron Maxine.
REVEAL uITNIATUM OF 1918
Japanese Required Credentials to
fermit Establishment OF Colony
In Great Fortress City OF Kiao-
Chou or Fight.

w AsH lNGTON, Jan 2S.--In a state
st o.e night, commenting upon Il
Stt at,; ut Paris yesterday by Baron
regarding the attitude of Janan i'm tho
penee conference and toward tho re-
ouim OF Ising-Tao to China, the un-
chinese government asserted thar
baron Maxine must know that China 3
pro ems could be, quickly solved ii
China: 1t also said il was disappoiut
ing that the baron failed to Indicate
me nature of the notes exchanged by
, ,a md China in 1915, under tho
Terms OF which it now was proposed
to restore Tsing-Tao
do me statement concluded with the
deEtaration that the Chinese peace
uclcSatlon represented 4 united China
anu that the delegates were in com
Plete agreement regarding essentials to
be submitted to the conference.
NO notes were exchanged between
Gninn and !aram in May. 1915. respect
ing Using Tao said the statement
C; aiiihough notes forming part of the
territory OF Kiao-Chou, in which the
great fortress city OF Tslne-Tno Is
situated. Assuming Baron Makino's
statement to refer 10 Kiao-Chou' il ia
not little disappointing that he failed
TO indicate the nature OF the terms of
the notes exchanged between China
and japan in May 1919
TELLS OF UITIMATI,M GIVEN
CHINESE ON MAY &, 1915
The notes formed part of set OF
treaties which Japan compelled China
to sign under threat OF war con-
tanned In an ult!matum delivered or
May T. 1915. The notes contained in
Chinese opinion, an Elusive undertake
ing on the par; Of Japan to restore
following conditions:
-. Opening OF the whole OF Kiao-
Chou as a commercial port.
-. Establishment of Il Japanese set
Element in the locality to be designated
by the japanese government.
''3. Establishment, if desired by the
powers Of an international settlement.
"a. Arrangements to be made before
the return Of the said territory is
effected between the Japanese and Chi
nese governments with respect to .hc
disposal Of German public establish
mcnts and properties and with regard
to the other conditions and procedures
CONDITIONS GAVE JAPANESE
RIGHT TO FIX SETTLEMENT
"It will he noted that these condi-
tons besides limiting Chinese juris-
diction as a result OF opening the whole
Of liao-thou as commercial port and
the establishment OF an international
settlement therein. provide for the eS-
tablishmcnt OF u japanese settlement
in locality 10 be designated by the
Japanese government. inasmuch as
the only developed ond valuable por-
rion G( * lao Chou is the city Of Using
Tao, on Which the Germans spent vast
sums. il is easy TO see that sense
of enlightened SelfshneSs will dictate
the selection Of TsinGTaO as the To-
cality 10 he designated by the Japan
csc government.
OF china's problems, the statement
said:
Baron Maxine. as we'll informed
and highly placed Japanese just from
Toxic. could not be ignorant Of the
real source Of unrest in China. He
must know that these Problems could
be swiftly solved II the Japanese
ceased their present activities in China
and realized In the sense OF deed and
action his own lofty declarat ion that
g. il is of vital necessity that there
be friendly agreement and cooperation
between Japan and China"