THE FAR EAST.
JAPANESE POLICY. AGAINST THE "OPEN DOOR." MERCHANTS CHAFING. •PRB33 ASSOCIATION. (Received May 18, 8.52 a.m.) LONDON, 17th May.' Dr. Morrison, Pokin concspoadont of the Times, says that Japan's negation of tho open door and of equal opportunity in Manchuria, and her reluctance to agr.2e •nith England respecting trademarks in .China, is wearing out the patience of merchants in the FaT East.' A LESSEE'S " IMPROVEMENTS," PEKIN, 17th Maj. Ths definces of Kiaochau, in China, are boing strengthened and artillery iind mining depots established. Tho fact that Germany lias not 'boon included in Japan's negotiations for a compact of interested Powers to mutually guarauteo their possessions in the l'"ar East lus aroused jealousy in Germany, which has inferred that Japan regards Germany as being merely a IceSO6 of Kinochau, tha latter Power having a 99 years' lofes from Chine. Tho • strengthening of Kiaochau'-s defences may bo a hint that Germany' can guarantca her own possessions, and that tho leasehold tenure is something that will last.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 5
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166THE FAR EAST. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 5
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