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Show INITIAL DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE FUTILE Question of Demands Made Upon China by Japan 13 Still Open. PEKIN, Feb. 3. Tho first conference confer-ence for the consideration by the Chinese administration of the political demands made upon China by Japan after the occupation of tbe German Kiao-Chow territory was held in this city yesterday. China was urged strongly, but vainly, vain-ly, to agree to all the Japanese demands de-mands in principle, pendiug negotiation negotia-tion of each demand individually. After Af-ter four hours of futile talk the conference con-ference adjourned to meet again next Friday. The demands .'fa pan is making are twenty-one in number and, according to reports from Pekin, they are exacting exact-ing and far-reaching in their nature. China has been described as being disquieted dis-quieted by them. On tho other hand, Japan has explained that they contain nothing of a nature to disturb tho territorial ter-ritorial integrity of China, and that their purpose, is the decision of the future relationship between Japan and China, as well as certain questions re- I garding the future of the Chinese ro-j public. I |