Show AN OLD QUARREL China and Japan May Lock Horns Over Extensive Strip of Territory Toklo Reports from Seoul state that Chinese officers In Kantao in northern Korea have demanded that Major Saito who was sent there recently re-cently at the request of the Korean government to extend the necessary protection to Koreans withdraw Major Ma-Jor Saito has refused to comply with the request Kantao is the name of an extensive strip of lend lying on tho upper Yalu river bordering on Tuman The territorial right to it has been a bone of contention between China and Korea for hundreds of years There are no reliable figures of the population of the territory but it is estimated at 600000 Chinese and 400 000 Koreans Its soil is very fertile Since tho late war the Koreans have been without an official protector and Major Salto was sent as above stated |