Arizona republican., 1919-09-04
SAYS SHANTUN
 T0 BE RESTORED TO CHINA SOON
Japanese Foreign Depart ment Secretary Predicts Return of Province With in Year = All Armed Forces to Be Withdrawn Will Jointly Operate Railroad.

NEW YORK. Sept. s.-Restitution of the province of Shantung to China by Japan within year was predicted here today oy Yosuke Matsuoka, sec retary in tho foreign department of 5span, and a member of the Japanese peace delegation. MT. Matsuoka has just arrived here from Paris on his way to Japan,
 T should not be at all surprised" he said, If our government opened with in a very few months, or even few weeks negotiations with the Chinese government with a view to settling the Shantung question in a way satisfac- tory to all concerned.
 Issues Shantung Statement
 In a statement on the Shantung question, MT. Matsuoka said:
 '-To those of us who have participat- ed in the peace conference, there is not the shadow of doubt that Japan will withdraw from Shantung at the earli- est possible moment The peace treaty requires Germany to hand over to Japan all the documents relative to shantung within three months after the treaty cones into force When this is done, Japan will immediately take steps toward the restitution which Japan has pledged herself to make in favor of China
 Restitution Terms
 The terms on wh&h Japan will res- titute Shantung are now fairly known to the world. Briefly stated, the main points of these terms are:
 First, Japan to restore Kiao Chow tc China. Japan in the interest of all nations asks only one thing, namely, that the territory be open to interna- t.onal trade. It is only as a natural collorary of his proposed measure that Japan also desires to establish an in ternational, not a Japanese settle nent in the city of Tsing Tao. The China-Japan agreement of May, 1915, a Japanese settlement was to have been established in addition to an in- ternationaI one but Viscount Uchida, our foreign minister, declared on Aug ust 6, last, that Japan would waive the right to establish a Japanese settle raent.
 Third. Japan will withdraw all her troops not only from the railway zone but from Tsing Tao. After the resti- tuition of Kiao Chow not single Japanese soldier will be left on the soil ot Shantung.
 Joint Operation of Railroad.
 Fourth, the Shantung railway of 270 miles will be operated not by Japan, but by a Chino-J Japanese joint corporation, in which both Japanese and Chinese capital will be represent ed. Of course China will participate in the management of this railroad.
 Fifth, Japan will withdraw her po- lice forces from along the railway and entrust the Chinese authorities with the policing of that region.
 Besides the matters included in the above five caegories there are ques- tions of the German submarine cables, railway loans and preferential rights with regard tc the supply of capital and materials and the employment of foreigners il Shantung. I believe .hese questions can easily be settled.
 Takes Nothing From China.
 T do not wish to say that these will be the exact terms, but am prepared 10 declare that our overture to China will be along these lines. Let me em- phasize once more that these negota- will be entered into with very short time. The solmen pledges she (Japan) has given to China before the whole world will be carried out under all circumstances.
 Japan has taken nothing from China in Shantung, but proposes te give her much What we have taken in Shantung was taken from Germany not China. This point can not be too strongly emphasized.