JAPAN AND CHINA

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 112, 5 February 1935, Page 9

JAPAN AND CHINA

Former Not Making Any Demands

NANKING MEETING Japanese Loans to China Unlikely Bv Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received February 4. 10.25 p.m.) Tokio, February 3. Stressing that Japan is not making any “demands” on China, the Foreign Spokesman summarised the recent Sino-Japanese conversations at Nanking as being along general lines in tvhich the Chine.se want an assurance that Japan has no intention of aggression. while Japan insisted that a cessation of the anti-Japanese movement is as essential to Sino-Japanese ainicab.e intercourse. He added that Japanese shippings probably following British lines, , will consent to the transport of Chiang-kai-shek’s troops up-river to combat Chinese Reds, and also reiterated that there is no likelihood of Japanese loans to China. AGREEMENT REACHED Jehol Border Dispute Peking, February 3. Following a week’s preliminary conversations the Chahar-Jehol border dispute has been settled at a conter- ■ ence between Chinese and Japanese military officers. • , According to the Chinese official version a verbal agreement was reached whereby the Japanese undertook to withdraw their troops from the disputed area, while the Chinese pledged themselves to remain west of the Great Wall.