THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
FAR EASTERN QUESTIONS JAPANESE PROPOSALS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Roc. September 12, 11.10 p.m.) Tokio, September 12. It is definitely understood that General Tanaka will be th© military delp- ! gato to th© Armament Conference. Somo | evidence of th© stirring up of th© Japanese sentiment respecting Far Eastern ' questions as & result of the proposed conference can b© seen by th© “Nichi-Nichi Shimbun’s” announcement that the army’ leaders approve the abatement of the twenty-one demands ,on China, provid l - 1 ed that Japan is permitted to purchase rights in Fort Arthur and Southern Manchuria. The newspaper adds: “Japan will offer this programme to the conference, even* expressing 'her willingness . to withdraw troops from. Northern and Central provided China will open [ the interior to foreign trade. The withdrawal from Siberia will bo assured. ■ After a Russo-Japanese commercial treaty has been secured Japan will offer to reduce the army to 21 divisions." —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 300, 13 September 1921, Page 5
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