Show TREADS ON BRITISH TOES Japans Protest Regarding Exten Eten Extension EXtension sion of Chinese Railroads like likely Likely ly i to Cause ause Trouble Jan 4 Great Britain has bas tak taken taken taken en exception to Japans protest against China extending the railroad rail railroad railroad road northward the contract for the partial construction of which has been British firm given to a v The protest of Baron Hayashi Tap Sap Japanese anese minister to China against ag the extension of the railroad gives as a reason that a parallel line would in injuriously Injuriously affect the Japanese railway and pronounces untenable Chinas re rejoinder rejoinder rejoinder joinder that the line would not BB lm built nearer the tIme Japanese line than is I customary In foreign countries Japans course Is no longer long r considered a mere pretense by Great Britain in view of the official lal action taken but a viola violation violation violation tion of equal rights severely affecting British Interests The situation in Man Ian Manchuria Manchuria churia churla has diverted attention from the negotiations between China and Great Britain concerning the tho of the west rest river by British gunboats which practically have been b en dropped for the present |