MANCHURIA RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 5

MANCHURIA RAILWAY.

<:.[:'■' '.'- NEUTRALISATION, ■■pi-'-'£&;::£ AND;JAPAn' OPPOSE. ■■: ■•■•".'. (Rec. January K K 5i P-in-). ■:■"-,.!., ; '' ; -\3'/:5 ;.'. : •-■.' -if '■■"';:/ ;■ '■'■.■■■ London, January ■There: is an outcry in Eussia r against :y.;v';J the proposed neutralisation' of the. Man- jj!;; ;5 ."ph'um'EaUvay.''-,".'*;'.;..■'.';.!.•■; : '- : ,-'. ~ Britain"'.has"not ;'• assented i to' the r -prpy/;:.l$ posal.. The British Secretary; for foreignfc ;■"•■•; Affairs) Sir:'.Edward^Grey, ;':'.de-?f fy? dared that Eussia .-.and.. Japan,'ras ; the.',?^< Jj Powers chiefly interested/ ought to -'.be' coni' suited''first.'-' :. ''■ '■■:-' , .'' : ''. , .- r ■■," ': -.'p;-;i, ; , { -'\' :: ' Japan; also -resents; ■;. the!~ nentralisatidiiSfeA. scheme,; arguing thatV- Japan".;- should 'not ' ; ;',sH| ! j be molested iii Manchuriaany more thin '-'■■■;*:SV t Germany, should; be 'in..Shan-tung.^ : :;, ■.-;.:.;•£.>!-; 'i"i '■[The Washington correspondent of Tunes" lately stated that Mr. P.-C.Knox,' vW: United States -Secretary':of..-.State,."pro-irf-;» poses, to free 'Eussia. and Japan from'tho-V:',''-'■'■-* onerous responsibilities in connection mth-o)s'E: the■ Manchurian:rail\rays"by-neutralising'.v.;) i'>. :: these, yestJ3g the ownership > .in China, and • i'J '\oj placing .them under . economic' and;-ini- 'v;A?JJ partial administration, with the coK)pera-.-* : V- : ;'4-. tion'of Russia'and Japan and all the.in-.--V>,'i.V. terested Powers.-. Hence equality of coinj.''jy-'S meniial'. opportunity, would be. finally- , aes,-£js and: China cordidly sup-';",'■;■ tj .port : ;the.-proposal.", ■, The ■ correspondent'.jv.','".:■ also'stated that: Great Britain "'.appro-res "Jfi Vj-yy in. principle, but 'this'^is;now-'donied.] ■'-■'/..^ri,*