New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Sends Agent to Conduct
Survey Preparatory
to Surrendering Its
Holdings to Chinese
Negotiations Will
Be Started Soon
Toxic Offers to Share
Alike With Peking in
All the Concessions

TOXIC, July 2s (By The Associated
Press) -Kenkichi Yoshzawa, former
Councillor of the Japanese Legation
at Picking, left here Wednesday for
the Shantung Peninsula to conduct a
special investigation Of conditions
there preparatory to negotiations with
ohlna TOR the return of it's sovereign
ty over the territory controlled by
Japan under the German peace terms.
The negotiations, officials indicated,
would be initiated after ratification of
the peace treaty by the Privy Council,
which officials said they expected
would take place before September 49,
Much interest is displayed by off
United States Senate by Senator w.
p. Borah regarding the negotiations at
the peace conference which resulted
IN the Shantung agreement
Japanese officials said Japan is
ready to make all enterprises in the
Shantung Peninsula, including rail
roads and mines, a joint undertaking
With the Chinese
China Is Holding Back
Japan it is understood, is having
difficulty in inducing China to discuss
the Shantung question. Failure of
The Chinese delegation at Paris, it is
SAID, to sign the peace treaty is prov
ing to be source of embarrassment.
Viscount Kato, former Foreign Min
lster and now president of the Ken
seikai, or opposition party, declared
recently in addressing the members
Of his party that Japans prestige had
been greatly lowered in the eyes of
the world on account Of the slipshod
manner in which the government had
handled the Shantung situation.
Viscount Kato said China should be
taught that the establishment of an
exclusive settlement and the building
Of railways by Japan in Shantung
by no means constitute violation of
China's sovereignty. He added:
I'm this connection, it has been re-
ported that the Anglo American AS
sociation at Peking has passed q reso-
luton to the effect that the Shantung
question is destined to disturb the
peace, not only between Japan and
China, but also that of the entire
world
Urges Strict Inquiry
"Thiss is most bold resolution to
be passed by foreign association and
it would be interesting to know what
step has been taken by the govern
ment in the matter. Great Britain
has been allied to Japan during the
last twenty years and II Japan has
given offence to the British to such
an extent as to force them to pass
such resolution, strict inquiry must
be made into the cause of the offence"
Speaking of internal affairs, he said
that the growing cost of living in
this country has become serious
matter.
Discussing the situation in Corea.
Vlscount kato charged that the gov
ernment had failed to adopt a proper
system of administration when the an
nexation was carried out and that the
military administration in the penin-
sula had been marked by unnecessary
harshness.
He added that news about Corea
which was prohibited in Japan had
been published in foreign newspapers,
and the result was that what is not
known to the Japanese about Corea
is known to the people abroad.
Tadasakuro Yamamoto, steamship Of
fetal, who has just returned from an
extended trip through China, said that
remarkable change in the attitude
of the Chinese toward Japan had taken
place and urged that the Japanese
change their attitude in order to be
in sympathy with the Chinese and the
rest of the world