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Show U. S. May Clash With lapan Government at Toklo Is Reported to Have Renewed Demand Which Would Bar American Commerce Washington, Jan. 26. Awnttlng continuation from official sources ai a nccessnry preliminary to any action by tho United States, state department depart-ment oinclals were Interested today In tho report from London that tlio Jnpancso government has revised all tho demands made on China included in tho famous group five ot the list of proposals submitted to tho Peking government moro thnn a yenr ago for a permnnent settlement of outstanding outstand-ing Issues between Japan and China. Thcro Is a conviction In official circles cir-cles hero that any action nt this tlmo, likely to have results toward warding off tho new Japanese demands, must bo taken by the United States practically prac-tically alone. With ovory evidence of sympathetic interest by tho European Euro-pean ontento allies in tho nttltudo of opposition which the United States assumed when tho proposals on the group llvo, orlglnnlly wcro submitted It is believed, none of theso powers will bo inclined to take lssuo 'with Japan nt a moment when they nro leaning heavily upon their oriental ally, al-ly, not only for munitions of war but for military and naval protection of their Interests in the orient. Tho closo study that has been mado In Washington of tho proposals embodied em-bodied In group five, has only confirmed con-firmed officials In their orlglnnl belief that if accepted in full by China with out protest from other nations, thoy would lead not only to material nnd industrial but even political domination domina-tion of China by Japan. Japanese ndvlsers for tho Chlneso government, with .resulting exclusion of all other foreign ndvlsers from Peking, Pe-king, It is felt, would placo China completely under tho political control of Jnpan. Whilo not prepared to mako an lssuo ls-suo on that point, however tho state department Is convinced tho other provisions of group flvo, Anally would closo to American commerce and enterprise en-terprise tho open door In China. It is gathered from tho British nowspaper advices that, in nddltlon to reviving tho demands in group flvo, as thoy stood at tho closo of the negotiations ne-gotiations in Peking last January, tho Japaneso proposals again Include n provision aimed at a budding Amorlcan Am-orlcan cnterpriso in Fukien province and a proposal to police all ot tho large Chlneso cities with Japaneso. |