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Show CHINA AND JAPAN 1T WILL fiOI FIGHT THE NEGOTIATIONS REGALING SHANTUNG AND MCHURIA BROUGHT TO CONCLUSION. Ja n Has Lodged Against China Heavy Claims For Injuries to Japanese Subjects and Damage Dam-age Done to Ships. j P,.k-- -Two treaties between Chlni and ."'an. together i:li thirt.-cj, j notes. si, 1 Tuesday afternoon ! al ;, o'clock i:. ti.e Cnmese fo, n office. This an hrouKbt to a co.i U si0n the neco-ianons which lt.ve l. -n BolnB on since la,l ,lanuar " japan, shortly alter the fall of the Ger- man ; . sill n of Kiao-Chow. presented her well-known demands to China. Lu Chei.K Jlsiang. Chinese fore'-Kn minister, slpned for his government., while Kki Hicki, the Japanese minister minis-ter to China, signed for Tokio. Thus the di.-cussion of Japan's demands are at an end until such time as the five articles reserved for future argument argu-ment are brought for consideration. The first treaty signed Tuesday deals with Shantung and the second with South Manchuria and eastern inner in-ner Mongolia. The only difference between be-tween terms of the ultimatum tent by Japan to China and the treaties as . signed Tuesday, is the substitution of one fort for another mining right in South Manchuria. The Japanese endeavored to secure other alterations, notably the omission omis-sion of the words eoutli" and ' KV-t-ern" before Manchuria and inner Mon- colia, respectively, as well as the sub- j i siitution of the words "Lao-Tuns pen- j I insula" for "Iialny" and "i'ort Arthur" i but the Chinese ri-pr.-s-r.;a:ies fuugl.t , ! for and obtained a s-trM ad-.Ten- e to j t!..i terms of the ultimatum with the j exception previously n-tej. ; Ja an has lodgf 1 at-iins! Ci.lni i ;lu-ay claims for t:.e L;ur;.-s to J .-.; ; am -e subjects and the da.u.uite d , ! to Jjp.iio s- .-hips in l;..r.ko.v ref.Lt-I ref.Lt-I ly by Chine -e ir.obs. I |