CHINA AND JAPAN.
RELATIONS BECOMING STRAINED. (By Cable.) TOKIO, December 19. It is intimated that the Japanese Cabinet has decided to send a strong protest requesting China to control the antiJapanese movements, which have assumed large~ proportions in Shanghai, Nanking, Woochang, Hankow, and other cities in the Yangtse region. WASHINGTON, December 19. Japan has agreed to stop the immigration of Japanese women to the United States. NEW YORK, December 22. The Times San Francisco correspondent states that several thousand Chinese have declared a boycott on Japanese products. They ransacked a store and burned thousands of dollars worth of Japanese goods. TJNREST IN JAPAN. WASHINGTON, December 23. Authoritative information from Tokio states that the fate of the Hara Ministry will be tested at a meeting of the Diet shortly. Jvpan, although enjoying the greatest prosperity, has been suffering from strikes, of which 400 have occurred in the past year. The people are also dissatisfied with Marquis Hara's inability to obtain recognition of racial equality at the Peaco Con ference and with his Siberian policv, which is considered to be a drain on the national resources. TOKIO, December 25. A committee of young men waated on Mr Takashi Hara (Premier) requesting his views on universal suffrage. They pointed out that mass meetings were being held throughout the .country demanding that the Government should grant universal suffrage. The. Premier replied that he could not give off-hand an answer as the question was too important. December 26. In his statement, the Premier said: "We are prepared to meet the will of the people concerning the extension of the franchise. The Government faces other difficult problems, including the foad question. Foreign diplomacy, especially 'regarding China and Japan, needs careful propaganda abroad in order to correct misunderstandings of Japanese aims. I am. convinced that Japan is advancing with the ifest of A jhe world."
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Otago Witness, Issue 3433, 30 December 1919, Page 19
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