THE FAR EAST.
SHANTUNG CONTROVERSY.
JAPAN RETURNING KIAO CHAU,
(Received 8 a.m.)
WASHINGTON, Aug, 23,
Professor E. T, Williams, Technical Adviser to the American peace delegates, giving evidence before the Senate Committee, detailed an interview with President Wilson on the subject of Sbjantung, in which President Wilson admitted that the AngloJapanese agreement made a settlement such as China desired an impossibility.
Professor Williams urged the restoration of Shantung to China at any cost. As China had entered into the war upon American advice, his personal opinon was that giving way to Japan meant loss of prestige to the United States. He did not doubt that Japan would carry out her promises, but Tsintau would still continue in Japanese possession.—A. and N.Z.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.
The "New York Times'" Pekin correspondent states: "It is reported that the Japanese Minister appeared at the Chinese Foreign Office and announced that Japan was prepared to return Kiao Chau to China withm two years. In return Japan would expect compensation elsewhere."
The correspondents adds: "This means that Japan wants privileges i.i Manchuria or Mongolia."—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 25 August 1919, Page 5
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