Show I CHINA PUTTING UP A BOLD FRONT IN INTHE INt t THE CONTROVERSY WITH THE JAPS APS 1 L L A Pekin March 11 The negotiations C t c between China and Japan regarding the Tatsu Maru the Japanese steamer 1 that was seized by China Feb 7 on onI I the ground that she was conveying I arms and arid ammunition to Chinese re reo reNo jo are proceeding on the basis bass of Chinas offer to compromise on con condition condition that Japan put a stop to the 4 Importation of arms and ar d ammunition P from Japan to enter Chinese territory f r Holding Her Own China seems to be he holding her own owA a in the tha proceedings for her hr h r claim to the right to consider the Portuguese side of the question separately from tram the with Japan has b been blen en ac by Japan as least provisional y and she has been een able to sustain her claim of ot justification lon in making the sel ure on un the tile ground that the tile Tat I su Maru discharged ed her cargo In Chi Chinese Chinese nese waters Wrong on One Point P China also has sustained her conten contention contention contention tion that the cargo of the Japanese vessel was liable to confiscation She admits in substance that she was wrong wr ng in hauling down the Japanese flag on the vessel and for this has apologized but she has not receded from her argument that she had the right to confiscate the ship and its car care cargo cargo go nor not from the point of or equitable ad adjustment adjustment adjustment of ot the difficulty upon which she has haR all ail along insisted It Is understood in that the consignees cargo of the Tat all Sll Maru have repudiated their obliga obligations on the grounds that the vessel digressed d from the course she was c red to follow t |