Show JAPAN ANSWERS NOTE ON THEA TREATY TY Declares Conditions Have Changed Since Power 9 Pact Was Signed D By Associated Press Japan Sapan has answered the American communication invoking the nine- nine power pact with the assertion that conditions in the east have changed since that treaty was signed I China is disunited with no central I government th th- the not nofe says and this condition necessarily must modify application of the treaty Japan reiterated reiterated reiterated re re- re- re iterated that she will not interfere with the open door policy and that she has no territorial ambitions in China The premier and the foreign minister min mm- ister also disclosed that Russian representatives representatives rep rep- had made overtures in connection with a pact of sion such as Russia has signed with several European states but the negotiations nc ne' negotiations ne- ne are making little progress In Irs northern Manchuria Japan appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to be working through Chinese agencies to consolidate her gains but military operations arc are continuing and Russia was reported to feel some concern about her holdings in the Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese Eastern railway zone There was a battle in the vicinity of har recently while the temperature stood at 30 below zero and 50 Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese were reported killed There was considerable surprise in Shanghai at reports of a plan to establish cs es es- es Manchuria and Mongolia as Independent stats states under the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese aegis Th The Chinese maintain that the people in those areas do not want independence The Japanese were reported to have taken over the railway between ln and Mukden and the British minister at It Pel ping was said to h have lve filed a protest protest pro pro- test inasmuch as the line is jointly owned by Great Britain and China From a Japanese infantry infantry try brigade set out for to avenge a l small cavalry detachment which lost 20 men last week in a battie battle bat bat- tle tie with the Chinese volunteer mili mill tia Manchuria Jan 16 UP Three UP-Three Three hundred Chinese irregulars iri-eg- iri ulars were reported killed today in a Japanese aerial bombardment near Lm luo The guerrillas were discovered discovered ered cred in a mountain in stronghold Japanese airplanes also bombed Chinese irregulars near West Liao Liao- yang |