CHINESE PUZZLE.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13664, 5 September 1916, Page 2

CHINESE PUZZLE.

JAPAN'S SERIOUS. DEMANDS, TROUBLE IN MONGOLIA. AMERICA FORESEES TROUBLE. (Per Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) Received September i 5, 1.10 p.m. PEKING. September 4. As the outcome of the Chengehntim incident, Japan has presented to China four demands, as follow; • Dismissal of tiie Chinese officers who commanded the troops; Withdrawal of the Chinese troops from the district;

Indemnification of the families of the dead Japanese; " Granting to Japan the police right of Inner Mongolia. Chinese officials regard the demands as tantamount to the elimination of Chinese authority in Inner Mongolia. ' ■Washington unofficial reports show that a statement appeared in the Chin? ese newspapers licensing Japan of sending arms and biigands to Inner Mongolia. This is considered a' serious charge and is denied by the Japanese. Other reports state.Hint the Japanese are provoking disorders in various parts of China with a. view to causing clashes with the Japanese and grounds for diplomatic protests and demands. The Washington officials interpret Japan's demands as possibly containing the elements uf a serious disturbance of the political situation in the Orient.