Show JAPANESE DONT LE KNOX PLAN Proposition to Neutralize the Manchurian Railways Severe Severely ly Criticized by the Papers l OFFICIALS ARE RETICENT They Regard it its Reply Wiil Dc I on f Tollo Jan leading ne nen papers In ii their Issue issues or of tomorrow dt die ft approve or of the tho acceptance by I of Sec Secy proposition for tor the of oC tho Manchurian mi rail I ways rho ho consensus o of opInIon hero here Is that time the plan Is Impracticable b be because J cause Japan would not a wih with the tho sacrifice en entailed tailed l 1 lIt It Is held belt that the Japanese setter I Interests n r ts in l I o an not be protected under such an art officIal circles aro ara non c on the subject Ils It is believed I hero here generally that Russia wi wIll de do I IdIne dIne to time tho American merIcan suggestions tons I The wi will point that the tho IS commercial neutrality of southern f Manchuria was guaranteed b by the tho treaty o of p The first the tho public had I I or Of use the nole wa was In the ex cx I tended Scathed newl news dispatches from rom Washington Washing I ton printed this morning They ho were i una aloes wih with editorial I Although time the of tIme tho cabinet and other officIals decline p to give IV the s slightest 1 intimation a O of their he offIcial ftC 1 views It may be slated tat Ji with assurance that time the Japanese J government II lii nets nen conferring Ith Russia and tho tenor ot of Japans reply wi depend largely on omu the tal taken en ut at St St Peters Petersburg bur burI I It Is him no secret tho I regard time the American prop 0 J as aN one which would bo be extreme n 0 1 h dIfficult to work out In practise W l rime fhe authorities insIst that the aU 1 tudo of their II is clearly clearl s sand and sufficiently outlined In tho Ports s mouth treaty tIme tho or of which the imae hae been carried j out scrupulously There Thore is h no or of Japan reply to the note wi wIll be forth forthcoming coming hut html there Is IK reason to believe I that time the wi will not concede time tho or of a hal e In existing 1 c conditions h whIch IL a chur f I equal II is afforded un el j at least the project give the strictest rOl ci h 11 t future ll or of Japans r rests C ests In Manchuria he Japanese experts do not ull i ithe the of a raIlroad trawl 1 imm northern t e to i ll Chow I its a f busIness po position In the 1 Soc c Knox refers r to the conces I zIon 1 r fot such c a line which I I I I J ed some time a ago by a of 1 1 I t ta g h and that tim tho enterprise wi will h he 1 diplomatically iy by the tho l W British I I 1 GREAT BRITAIN AGnE S In Jan SI I Is stated herp it lilt Gr Great at Britain has n agreed cl In 51 to the proposal 1 fin thin L t II of ic tIme r 11 I n |