Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-01-03 | Page 8 | China Disagrees with Portugal

CHID DISAGREES WITHPORTUGAL Pokin, Jan. 2 Negotiations extend lng over Ihe' months between China and Portugal on tho question of the Macao boundary have failed and today to-day the Chinese government sent a formal message to the Portngueso government, that under no circumstances circum-stances will it consent to arbitrate. It is pointed out that only China and Portugal can settle this question between be-tween themselves. Macao li on an island of the sanio name at the mouth of the Canton river. China holds that for some years all dependencies of the city of Macao have been occupied Illegally by Por tugal, and that the only concession of territory ever made to Portugal was the town of Macao. China insists, that the territory and adjacent islands be evacuated by Por-tugal. Por-tugal. At the Hong Kong conference Ihe Chinese refused to recognize Portugal's Por-tugal's claims In Macao or to submit the question to arbitration. Later the Portuguese government sent General Machado to China in the hope of reaching an amicable settlement of the dispute, but he failed In this mis-tion.