Show I I I SHANTUNG CASE IS OPENED BY JAPAN Preliminary Move Toward Restoring Province s sq q I a r Re Reported e S SAN FRANCISCO Jan 16 A A special special cial clai cable received here today by oy the tho New l' World Japanese newspaper stated that the Japanese foreign office Is pr preparing paring a a. format formal note for transmIssion transmission transmission trans trans- mission to China Ina asking th the appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment of a commission to consider the restoration of Shantung The comI com corn commission mission would woud open its negotiations Immediately said the dispatch I WASHINGTON Jan 16 Any action by Japan toward the restoration of ot Shantung to China at this time woud be simply preparatory moves it was said today by officials here The German government has thirty days after formal ratification of the peace treaty in which to turn over to Japan the documents relating to former German German German Ger Ger- man possessions in China Lacking thes these papers it was said Japan did nut not k know ow in detail what German rights lights had had been taken over o when Tau Tsing-Tau was wae captured S it was r regarded as probable however however however how how- ever ever that the Japanese government Wa was a making preliminary arrangements In order hat negotiations with China for t restoration s ration of ot the nce might be expedited expedit d when the documents were received |