JAPAN AND CHINA.
CHINESE DISTRUST CONCESSIONS. By Telegraph—Press ■ Association—Copyright Australian and JN.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 27, 5.5 p.m.) Nai Chai Quo, one of the Chinese Peace delegates, who has arrived her© en route to China, interviewed, said: ‘lt is tine Japan promised to return Shantung, but she will return only the shadow. She will retain control of the railroads and establish a Japanese settlement which will dominate the region. Japan will absolutely control the approaches to Pekin, especially through the_ Tsiugtao railway and the fortified positions of Dairen and Port Arthur.”
JAPANESE WAR. BUDGET. NEW YORK, July 20 (delayed). The “New York Herald’s” Tokio correspondent states that the Japanese Army Budget proposes to spend 350,000,000 yen for strengthening fortifications. The programme provides for building activities over a period of fourteen years. It is also stated that the War Office has completed plans for an increase of the number of Army Divisions-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12704, 28 July 1919, Page 5
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