JAPAN AND CHINA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1735, 5 September 1919, Page 7

JAPAN AND CHINA.

NEGOTIATIONS LIKELY. liu Catite. — Presi JL**ociattnn: — Jnvvriaht. (A. & N.Z.) • jjeW YORK, Sept .3. The Secretary of the Foreign Department, Mr Yesuke Matsuoaka, who is en route from Paris to Japan, said that the Japanese may within a few months open negotiations with China for the purpose of the return of Kiao-chau. Mr Matsuoaka, describing the terms of restitution, said they would include the territory to be opened to international trade, the withdrawal of all Japanese troops and police and the operation of the Shantung railway by the Chinese, the Japanese, in co-operation with China, participating in the management.