Arizona republican., 1922-01-11
Of
.SHANTUNC ISSUE
TO Be RESUMED
BY CH|NA-;JAPAN
Will Sidetrack Railroad
Question in Effort to
Reach Basis for Settle
ment Before Adjourning.
TRepubIIcan A. p, Leased WIre1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-The
conversations between the Chinese
and Japanese negotiators looking to
q settlement OF the Shantung ques-
ton outside the Washington confer
ence will be resumed tomorrow, 1t
was announced today in official cir
cles.
Resumption of the negotiations
was said to have been the result of
the good offices of American and
British representatives. Discussion
at tomorrow's meeting will be con-
fined it was indicated, to other fea-
lures of the Shantung controversy
to the exclusion of the railroad,
which has proven the basis of the
present deadlock.
May Find New Basis
In some conference circles the be-
lief was expressed that if the Japan
ese and Chinese delegations resumed
their Shantung conversations with
the question of the Tsingtao-T Tsin-
anfu railway for the moment in the
background, some new formula
would be evolved whereby the rail-
way question would again be brought
to the front in a way that would
make a settlement possible.
Bitter factional strife in China as
the result of charges that Liang Shi
vi, new premier at Peking, has been
negotiating direct with the Toxic
government for settlement of the
Shantung question in opposition to
the will of the Chinese people, was
declared as being imminent today by
DIR. NJ /. Chang, unofficial Chinese
observer in an address.
"Cables which / received indicate
| a very grave and tense situation,
he said. While the Chinese and
Japanese delegates have been dead
locked here over Shantung. Japan
| has tried to settle the matter in
! Peking to it's own advantage. and
| over the heads of the Chinese foreign
office and the delegation here.
Says Civil War impending
"The revelations that Chang Tsc
Lin, the Manchurian Tuchun, now in
control in Peking. has been negot-
| ating direct with Japan has aroused
great tension throughout China, ac-
| cording to my cables. General Wu-
| Pei-Fu, military governor in control
in central China, has sent out cir
| cular demanding that the new gov
| ernment resign and threatening Il
force it out If it does not. Thai
| means war. 1t has been said tha
| civil war exists in China, but there
really has been no real fighting. Th'
present development looks like bit
ter war
The message from General WI alsc
was received by the Chinese delega
ton.
'In this time of great nationa
peril" the message said, "Liang Sh
vi. Indifferent to the dangers con
fronting his country and unmindfu
of public opinion. personally agreed
to the Japanese terms with the ia
panese minister in Peking for LOAF
for the Kiao- Chow railroad and wen
to the length of actually ordering tn
Chinese delegation in Washington t.
accept them.
Liang Shi VI, the message con
tinued, els willing, working with hi
clique, to sell out China and be sub
servient to the interests of foreigl
powers and be traitor to his owl
! country"
, AT the Chinese headquarters
was said General WI Pei-Fu repre-
, sents sane public opinion" in China
and has been endeavoring to brin
the Canton and Peking government
together 1t was said his Telegram
probably was inspired by the activi
ties of the new cabinet leaking ou
and represented probably accuratel
the state of mind of the Chimes
public.