THE FAR EAST.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16702, 10 December 1919, Page 9

THE FAR EAST.

JAPAN AND CHINA.

CBt C»l)'r—Frc<i» Association—Copyright.) ■P.u'.C'F Tc^raou.) (Rproivi"! December 9 th. 10.20 p.m.) NEW YOI?K, December 7. The Washington correspondent of the' 1 "NVu York World" states that, nccord--1 ing to diplomatic ..dviccs, tlio Japaju-se |31 inist< r for Home Affairs stated that : Japnn could not extend a loan to China, bauttse Japan would then bo helping ' one Chinese /action to the detriment ot the other. . KOREAN PRINCE MISSING. TOKIO. December 8. ' Prince Yi K"ng. the present head of tho Korean Pyiia.-ty, is reported as , i [Ti.e »x-Ernpcror of Korea, whoso surname i* Yi. and name Chok, was born fiti March 23th, li7lj and suc--1 eroded his father, Yi lli-.jnpr, on iiis abdication on July 20th, He was reckoned as the thirty-first in successi >n -iii-e tlie* f'i'indiiie; of the dynasty in fl!'-'. I» 1901 an agreement was. s : rrned at Seoul on behalf of Japan and Korea, the Japanese Government undertaking to <-ti-'ire the safety of the Korean Imperial H'Mre, and guaranteeim; the independence and territorial integrity of the country. Subsequent agreements C av,i Japan complete control of the administration of Korea, and by a further treaty in August. 1010, tho Korean territory was formally annexed to the Empire of Japan. The Emperor was deprived of nil political power, and was accorded tho titl" of Prince Yi. Members of the Korean Imperial and the former Korean Cabinet had Japanese patents of nobility conferred upon them-l COST OF LIVTNG TX JAPAN. TOKTO, December (3. The Japanese Labour Party is protesting against the high eost of living. 1 and has started a movement to secure reorganisation of the Cabinet. Mr Ilara (Prime Minister), railed nn offieial conference at- which it- was de-1 eided that a public market should l>o established in each city of 50.000 in- 1 habitants and over, and loans should be advanced at low interest to thoso who wish to build homes. It was also suggested tliat the tariffs on importod food should be removed. REPATRIATION OF GERMANS. TOT\TO, December 8. More than .'f>°o German prisoners of j war will shortly be repatriated.

THE BURMESE FRONTIER. TROUBLE IN SHAN STATES. (Bv Cable—Prcs* A*no»intion—Coprri"4it.) (Australian and N.Z. Cabla Association.) DELHI, December 4. The Burmese Government hns received information that a member of the oT-Hoyal Family, who is a refugeo in China, is collecting men and ammunition in the Chinese Shan States, with a view to raiding Burma, and fostering a rebellion among the Kechins. On "December 4th. a po«t. at Kiang Hung, consisting of fifty military police, was attacked by forty Chinese Shans. Tho attack was repulsed, tho ouemy leaving five doid. The Kecbin villagers are reported to bo loyal. Thcro is no reason to exnect anv widespread trouble. ; According to later news, all is quiet. The failure of the first attack apparently damped the enemy's ardour. [Tho Shan States are .i collection of semi-independent States on tho eastern frontier of I'pner Burma, inhabited by the Shan or Thai r:mo. The 45 Stntes have a totil arei of . r >S 000 square miles, and a population of about 1 ,£>oo 000. There are, besides, a number of Shan Stat"« beyond the border of Burma, which are tributary to China, though China exercises on authority which is little ,moro than nominal. The British Shan States wero tributary to Burma, and enmo under British control at the time of the annexation of Upper Burma. They rank ns British territory, not as native States. Since 1893 the peace of tho Shan States has been prac-j tically undisturbed.]