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Show JAPS WORKING HARD 1 FOR GERMAN TRADE 1 BERLIN, May 20 Japanese com- l mercial firms are making great efforts ) to resume business with Germany. One H Japanese shipping company has op- . ened its offices in Hamburg and a reg- J iular steamship service is running to Hi Japanese ports. Copper and silk are 1 the main exports from Japan to Ger- ,M I many while potash is the chief article JSW Jj demanded from Germany by Japan. - " J0u V I According to the Tageblatt, the Jap- ' Jf anese government is considering .a . y.m claim submitted by Gormany that the- .Ml Shantung (Tsingtau-Tsinanfu) railway My is private and not state property. In M the latter case, tho railway would be- come forfeited to Japan, in accordance 'M with the same terms o tho peace M treaty. M Japan proposes to release all Ger- M1 man property under her control up w to the value of 10,000 yen. Property worth more will be subject to a de- duction of a certain percentage to Wm indemnify Japanese who have claims against Germany for war damages. An inquiry into emigration possibili- ties from Germany to Japan shows. the Tageblatt says, lhat although pub- lie feeHng in Japan has become gen- orally favorable toward Germans again, the prospects are not favorable, except for engineers and practical scientists. Foreign manual laborers especially aro not wanted in Japan. " nn IH |