Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-26 | Page 1 | Heavy Demands on the Chinese

HEAVY DEMANDS ONTMESE Twenty-one Political and Territorial Ter-ritorial Demands Are Made in Japanese Note. Peking, China, Ian. 26 Certain political and territorial demands which Japan has made upon China following the Japanese occupation of Klao Chow have become known in Feking and their extent is disquieting disquiet-ing to Chinese officials These demands, twenty-one in number, num-ber, were communicated to the Chinese Chi-nese government January 23 by the Japanese minister there. They include, in-clude, first, that China turn over to Japan all existing German and Austrian Aus-trian concessions; second, that China pledge herself not to give concessions In the future, to any country except Japan; third, permission to build a special territorial railroad, and fourth, mining privileges in Shantung and Fukien provinces, in Manchuria, in eastern Mongolia, aud in the Yang-Tse valley. It Is felt In Peking that if these demands were granted Hie result would be tantamount to turning to Japan all the regions above named as sphere of influence, to the detriment detri-ment of the treaty rights of other nations- The Peking government has not replied to the Japanese note-Chinese note-Chinese officials are particularly incensed just now at rumors circulated circu-lated here that China is negotiating with Germany to the end that German Ger-man officers reorganize the Chinese army. This report is denounced as without foundation oo