Show CHINA GHINA AND JAPAN BOTH STAND PAT Seizure of Ship Bearing Munitions Munitions Muni Muni- of War Wal May Break Brcak Relations DISPUTE BECOMES SERIOUS Public Opinion Aroused in Both Countries Over Re Recent Recent Recent Re- Re cent Developments Toldo Tokio March rach 7 1 A ca cable le dispatch received here hero this morning says sars that tho the viceroy of Canton Ji has resl resigned ne over oyer the lie steamship Ta Tsu affair This Is Js taken to Indicate that tho the dispute between China and Japan has reached a most serious stage China is determined not to accede to the demands of oC Japan but is willing willing will will- ing lug to release steamer ste-amer and maintain maintain main main- tain ala possession lon of tho the consignment of munitions of war which were sel seized e Japan wants all or nothing and has hasso hasso hasso so stated her position Newspapers papers are arc urging that the Japanese government govern govern- ment hold to this position and aull not riot suffer surfer suf sur- fer for an any loss of or dignity b by compro compro- mise raise The viceroy of or tung Kwang-tung refuses to give ie up tho the ship or anything else notwithstanding instructions from Pc- Pc I kin 1 It is said raid that lint valuable lo witnesses have havo been een found foun to sustain the coni contention con eon i of or Chinese officials that the arms seized with the Ta Tn Tsu were part of or a filibustering movement and that the rUles were Intended f for r rebels Xo Xu Interference All Allow Allowed 0 1 Under no circumstances it is stated slated will China stand for Cor interference in her hel domains by Japan The encroachments encroach encroach- ments meats of Japan upon Chinese rights has the government to the depths an and the fact that lint a 0 movement mo was in progress s to arm aria rebels whether It began with private parties or 01 not will vill not be o overlooked ed Though Minister IIa ashl has mn made madeno c no threats of force it 1 Is admitted that there c can n be le only one ona outcome of or a refusal to accede tc to Japans Japan's demands Public opinion has been aroused In n Japan over the thc affair and there is plenty of or war talk over O the Ta Ten Tsu affair It is sal said that Minister Hayashi hayashi Hay Hay- ashi acting under Instructions has hassent hassent sent scat the tho first secreta secretary to tho the minister of ot foreign affairs with the tho statement that in view ie of the lie attitude of or the Chinese e go government go eminent Japan could proceed proceed pro pro- on only I in a manuel manner that would woul uphold the dignity and protect her hel In In- In crests No answer has been ma made e by China y HUn to to 4 m l 1 t d tto ch cpi cpi- sent to tl L s' s ra Ta Tsu temporarily under ana d also to apologize forthe for forthe forthe the hauling down own of ot time the Japanese Hag flag but It Jt insists upon tho detention of or orthe the Mauser rules and the ammunition ammunition tion thou that lint were found on board boar on time the ground lound that lint the Ta Tsu when overhauled overhauled over over- hauled was anchored in Chinese wa- wa era Japan objects In Inasmuch Inasmuch In- In as tho the Portuguese officers in Macao testified that the Importers held a n license that ere cO covered tho Ta TaTsu's TaTsu's Tsu's Taus cargo cars and tho the skipper hel held a Portuguese permit The rho opinion is that China will yield after a a. show of or resistance sufficient to safeguard her rights of reco er recovery an and satisfy the agitators |