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Show SHANTUNG CASE Q I ABOUT SETTLED (j t WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Bv the fi Associated Press ) Further Indlca-9 Indlca-9 Hons that a settlement of Shantung Controversy was imminent developed today where the Japanese and Chinese H . delegations were called together to re . sume their conversations. -j Every l9sue of the Shantung prob ' 4 lema previously has been settled ex 1 cept details of the Tsingtao-Tslnanfu f " railroad settlement and resumption of rl fthe negotiations was taken to mean that the two gToups were ready to again take up discussion of the rail WM road question H WILLING TO CONCEDE. I At (he same time, a call was issued for a meeting ;Uo ln ,no liay of ,hi. kB nival committee of fifteen, presum kl 'ably to discuss the Japanese reply on fortifications which is the only feature (T j of the five power naval treaty remain- II ing uncompleted. IV SB the Chinese It was said, would be i1 i willing to grant the Japanese conten- j it Ion tor Japanese experts with full tl- tie as traffic manager and chief ac-jcountant ac-jcountant but would ask the Japanese to agree that these officials should be subordinate to the C hinese managing Lfl director, who on all Chinese railroads has authority over the traffic mana I Members of the Chinese delegation i indicated that the prospect of a settle- I ment of the vexing railroad problem was based to some extent on advices H latel) received b them from Peking j It was thought In Chinese circles that B the Japanese probably would meet the Chinese half wav ln reaching an agree- V mcnt on the basis of some modlfica- ' uSt lion the Japanese proposal urged upon ! the Chinese delegations last week. ' I |