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Show JAPAN REPLIES TO QUERIES OF UNITEOSTATES Answers Do Not Dovetail With the Demands Minister Min-ister Hioki Is Pressing Upon China PEKIN April 8 The Ch nese gov ernmept rece ved today an outl ne of a note of the Un ted States government to Japan concern ng the demands made upon Ch na by Japan and of the reply of the Japanese government It s said th s rerly was made on March 00 by Takaal i Kato Japanese n in ster of for e gn affairs The Ch nese report says that the Amer can note covered twenty pages and specifically asked f 8 quest ons These questions and the repl es of Japan thereto are set forth as follows The Un ted States inqu red concern ing Japan s demand that n the prov nee of Fukien Japan shall have the r ght to work mines build railroads and construct harbor works and in case of the employment of fore gn cap tal that Japan shall be f rst consulted The Japanese government repl ed that these concess ons were des red for the pn mary purpose of preventing other na tions from acqu ring spec al rights there Japan understand ng that Amer cans wish to build dockyards in the harbor at Santuao Th s pos tion is of great strateg c mportance Japan po nt ed out on account of the poss bility of its use for directing operations aga nst Formosa n case of war Question of War Munitions The second quest on oncerned the Japanese demand for supervision o er the manufacture or purchase of war mu nitions by Ch na The Japanese gov ernment expressed the op nion that this quest on could be solved most sat sfac torily by the employment of mixed forces of Japanese and Chinese a sjs tern wh ch Japan says alread) ex sts The th rd quest on dealt w th the Japanese demand that the Chinese po 1 ce in certa n places be administered jo ntly bj Japanese and Chineae of f oials or that China shall employ num erous Japanese to organ ze the Chinese police The Japanese government re plied that this demand applied only to southern Manchuria The fourth quest on concerned the de mand for emp oyment by hina of Jap anese pol tical a 1 leers fapan replied that political ad lsers will not be m posed upon China but merely recom mended Would Apply to Japan The f ft quest on related to the demand de-mand Japan was Ba d to have made that no island, port or harbor Uong the coast shall 1 e ceded or leased to an th rd power The lapanese gov ernment repl ed that th 8 proposed re striction would apply to Japan as well as to the other powers The Ch nese government t is said has been informed that if the Amen an go ernment pleuges Itself not to construct a naval dockyard at Santuao, the Japanese w 11 forego tne r demand for spec al privileges n Fukien prob ably excepting the bu lding of ra 1 roads It has been learned that the agents of an Amer can steel company vis ted Santuao two years ago at the request of the Chinese go ernment and cons d ered the proiect of a na al base there bnt that e en a prel m nary contract was not s gned No Law to Prevent Tt s asserted that the late lapanese m n ster to h na Fnjiro Yamaza, sub sequently informed Pa 1 S Re nsch the Amencan minister that Japan co Id not perm t the consun mat on of s ch a project, an 1 that Mr Re nsch repl ed that there was no treaty to prevent American contractors nuertaking the task and that Tapan s declaration of a sphPre of influence n Tuk en d d nob applv The American steel company st 11 holds a contract w th f hina aggregat ng $20 000 000 for ndefnel naval con struction an 1 under which only one gunboat has been spec fiel up lo the present Th s contract was awarded 1 y the Manch gove nment The rep hi can government e lently desire! the Santuao j ro o t to abso b the rcma n ler of tie $20 000 000 1 t the con any ox presse 1 d ssat sfaction Regard ng the reply of lapa to the seconl quest o of the 1 n ted States it is denied In well n formed q arters that a m xed system exists in the arsena It is adcici that tl e repl os to the th rl fourth an 1 f ftl i est ons are contrary to Ihc toxt of Tapan h 1p minis 1 t that Japan alrenly has given the h nese to ndcrstand tl at she wo 1 1 mod fy these lamanda At to lay n conference mmlgration to So th M nch r a was again 1 sc SBed b t M II k . tho agancsn minister 1p arp I tl at hp vas not a t or zed to rpa h a concl on on th s po nt The nnfpreos then 1 sc sse 1 the demand thnt Japan n tho rovi re at 1 kien jhall have he right to work m nes buill ra lwaya constr ct 1 arbor works a d he f rst eons Itol in the employment of rapital M Ilibki firmly pressed for tl p acceptance of th s den an 1 |