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Show JAPAN'S LITTLE GAME IS READY TO PROTECT THE CHI-NbSE CHI-NbSE EMPIRE. II l'artltlon Caiiien, the Japunne Will He- uiaml Their Hlmrr, Hut In the Mmn Time Thrr AM.Ii to Iw HrctirtlrU ns l'rlpuilljito China. Vancouver, 11 C, April 7. Oriental nrtriccs brought by tho steamer I'm-press I'm-press of Japan, Indlcnto that Japanhas watched with jealous cyo ttaly'sreccnt attempt to get possession of San Mun, Marquis Ito has been In direct communication commu-nication with 1.1 Yung Chang, nnd has advised various reforms. Ho says tho' partition of China will bo Inovltablo should China persist In her present course of action. In view A- .Uio Son Mun affair, tho Jnpancso are saying their government must abandon the hold-aloof policy hitherto adopted, and demand somo substantial grant of land from China, probably a port in Foklcn. Count Okuma, ex-premler,adviscs tho government to so conduct Itself ns to Induce China to rely solely upon tho "gallnnt" assistance of Japan for tho maintenance of Independence. Tho first measure to be adopted for that purpose Is to drill several hundred Chinese Chi-nese soldiers by Japanese officers; secondly, sec-ondly, to encourage tho dispatch of Chinese students to Japan for study. If tho situation should compel Japan to tako n final stcp.lt will bo absolutely necessary for her to hold Amoy and tho railway between that placo nnd Hnnkow. This phase can only enter Into Japan's Ja-pan's calculations when tho maintenance mainten-ance of China's Integrity is entirely despaired of and thoro Is no hopo of preventing a partition. In tho meantime, mean-time, Mr. Yauo, tho Japancso minister minis-ter nt Pekln, has applied to tho Chinese Chi-nese government for five now settlements settle-ments for Japan's exclusive use, to bo opened at Poo Chow, Amoy, Inknw (Nowchang), Shanghai nnd Chungking, in addition to the Tientsin and Hankow Han-kow settlements which havo been ceded already. It Is stated that tho Chinese government hns decided to entertain en-tertain tho demands, with tho exception excep-tion of Shanghai and Chungking. |