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Show i JAPANESE MAKING r ARRANGEMENTS TO '; RETURN SHANTUNG j Germany Has Thirty Days In j Which to Turn Over Papers To Nippon ' i WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. Any action ac-tion by Japan toward the restoration of Shantung to China at this time would be simply preparatory moves, it was said today by officials here. The German government has 30 days after formal ratifications of the peace treaty In which to run over to Japan the documents relating to former Ger- jman posessions in China. Lacking these papers, it was said Japan did not know in detail what German rights had been taken over when Tslng-Ten i was captured. ! It was regarded as probable, how-ewer, how-ewer, that the Japanese government was making preliminary arrangements in order that negotiations" with China for restoration of the province might be expedited when the documents were received. |