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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 9TMu, 1015.

THE JAPANESE DEMANDS. AMERICAN NOTE TO JAPAN.

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of the public views generally to accept THE Japan's position.

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The Japanese expinuation has made the U. S. Government understand thoroughly Japan's position, and the American note was based on the desire to respect the spirit of the Takahira-Root Convention and with con tidence in Japan's respect of the same which have been duly proved by the acts of Japan after the diplotastic relations hotween Japan and Germany were interrupted in August Japan's last.

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The fort at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna, bombarded by o Eritish squad- ron, protect the city of Syrna, which lies at the head of the Gulf, about half way down the western coast Asia Minor.

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A JAPANESE INTERPRETATION OF ROOT-TAKAHIKA AGREEMEST,

Tokio, March 21. message from New York, dated An Asahi 18th just., states that the United States has taken independent action regarding the

is the most important town in the Tur- After Constantinople Bungraa Japanese deniands on China, without con-

kish Empire, with a population of over aufting the British or the Russian Govern- ments, and has sent a Note

280,000, of which fully a half is Greek. Government. This news was published at by a despatch from Tokio, dated 21st inst. As a spport it has a largs trade at which the White House on March 18. The United "Eastern News Agency states that the The chief items of exportare figs, tobacco, Japanese News Agency known as the the grafest part is with Great Britain. States Government maintains that those of Japanese Government has replied to the valonia, carpets, raisins and silk to the the Japanese: demands, which that Govern-American note about the Chino-Japanese value of some three millious sterling. ment has officially recognised, do που necessarily trample under foot the agree-tions and has definitely stated that The imports are estimated at over four ment respecting Chin, but they impair the theroof do not in the least infringe the the port annually.

Japan's claims on China and the annex millions About 7,000 steamships visit political in of comonties; but in Until 1994 the two added that the Empire guarantees these in 1897 the Smyrna-Alasher line passed: the preservation of the integrity of China, and belonged to British portant principles with the full forces of the into the hands of a French Syndicate, Empire. Though there are rumours current which completed a axtension to Afun that the Allied powers have sent a joint note Karahisar to effect a junction with the of Japan, Offaly Recommended by the

By appointment to the Imperial Househela” · report of the fact that when Japan decided to Smyrna is in all but government a pre Medical Colleges of The Eyesal Universitis of enquiry to Japan, it must have been a mis Anatolian Realway system. despatch troops to relieve the present garrison dominantly Christian town (hence the in China and other places, Baron Kato, o Turks know it as Giaour Ismir). his own initiative, interviewed the Amis a large European element, including besandora

There of Tokyo nad Kysts. fore, no exception has been taken by any jects, a great part of whom lived in two

the Allied Powers. There

till the war broke out 800 British sub- European or American Powers in connection attitude on the same. However, in order to have a good understanding, there have with Japanese claims on China or Japan's

been frequent exchanges of views between Japan and the Allied Powers and other friendly nations.

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of China, and therefore violate the principle of the open door in that country The United States Government considers that in case all the Japanese demands were acceded to, it will ho a violation of the Anglo-Japanese-Russian agreement The specul feature of the present Sino-Japanese negotiations is that China has always noti find all Fowers about the progress of the negotiations. The Corps Diplomatique, ut Washington is expecting a peaceful solution can only be obtained by Japan modifying the terms of her degrands.

FOREIGN OFFICE CONFIRMATION.

The Foreign Office confirms the story that the American Government addremed a Note to the Japanese Government referring to the Japanese demands in China, although no details concerning the contents of the Note can be given out. The higher official inter- viewal by the representative of the Japan Advertiser states that while the Note was received a few days ago no confirmation has yet been received that the contents have been nade publia in America, Until an official report is received no details will be given out by the Japanese Goverment.

Another high official explains that the American Government must have entertained

suspicion that Japan in presenting those demands to China has violated the principle of the Root-Takahira agreement, which runs as follows:

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status quo in the region above mentioned and directer to the maintenance of the existing. to the defence of the principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in Chins

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4. They are also determined to preserve the common interest of all Powersin Chizo, by supporting, by all pacific means at their disposal, the independence and integrity of Chinn and the principle of equal opportunity that Empire. for commerce and industry of all nations in

5. Should any event ocour threathing the status quo as above described or theprinciple of equal opportuno governments to com- above-lined, it municate with each other, in order to arrive at an understanding as what measures they may consider it useful to take..

A JAPANINE INTERPRETATION OF THE

GRUNDERSTANDING,

In the opinion of this Foreign Ofhe official, the Japanese in making their demands on China are not violating the agreement quoted above, nor can any event which happens on account of a war be called a violation. For in- stance, if Japan has occupied some of the Cor- man possessions in the South Sens, orTsingtau in Chien all those things are the result of a war wil lermany, and any result of war is to be consid red the sens the results of a nat- ural accident over which man has no control. These results, therefore, can not be called a violation of the agreement with America, The spirit in which that agreement was made was to maintain the "existing statur quo” in the region along the Pacific Ocean, that is, to meintain the status quo except in case of a war with a third party, which may cause changes in the existing condition of the region mentioned in the agreement. In this sense, the foot-Takahira agreement is still in force, the offcial concluded. But he wanted it understood that he made there remarks providing that the Press dispatches. have correctly reported the contents of the

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AJ despatch from Washington, dated 18th inst, also refers to the American Note to Japan respecting the demands laid on China. It states that Mr. Fryan admits that the United States has independently com- municated with the Japanese Government to the latter's demands on China, in regar but denies the report that the United States neted jointly with England and Rusia, He says he does not know whether these two countries have really protested to Japan as reported from Feking Its been on nounced to-day that since the American Government was informed from its diplomats abroad that the Power bure not only de clined to assist Japan in the latter's demand

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS..

coMPS ORDERS BY LIHUT.-COL. A. CHAPMAN, V.D,

NESKONATION.

1.-Le-Corpl. H. O. Imrigar is permitted

to resign, dated 8th April, 1915,

PROMOTION.

2.

Pte. C. A. A Rodrigues, light Section M. G. Co. (acting Lance Corporal) is promoted to by Lanci Corporal, dated Im March, 1916,

3.-Sergt. J. A. E. Ballyos from Left-

Section M.G. Co. to. Civil Service Co., dated 8th April, 1815,

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4. Parades for to-day (Friday).

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but had business premises in the city. rapidly increase, mainly to the north, suburban villages, Burrabat and Buja,

while the fine quays, made by a French The European and Greek quaricia

company, are hacked by a line of buildings

good The atrocts beling, though clean and well kopt, are very narrow and tortuous. A Sue now Konak (Govern ment Secretariat) has heơn built and another important new structure is the pier of the Aidin Railway Compary

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aut Fort. The development of this tail MACGREGOR&C. way ie the most conspicuous sign of pro Krosa Smyrna is a headquarters of missions of all denominations and has good schools, of which the International. College is the best.

THE DARDANELLES.

It was one of the Mahomets, I fancy (says writer in a contemporary), who gave this torrible quasi-archaio name to

Unite on duty at Headquarters, under the fifty mile strip of water which sepur-

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Units on duty: Loft Section 30. Co. and Scouts Company.

Officers on duty 2nd-outs. Murphy

and Cunningham, ask, Orderly Officer 2nd-Lieut. Murphy. Orderly Sergeant: Sergeant Ramsay. Meilical Orderly: Pte. James. To farnish guard:

ates two continents; a umo which locks, romance and hints of Turkish incompe tenco Soon, may be, when the eight 15- inch guns of the Queen Elizabeth have finished with the forts of Istanbul, and

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the Straits are held by the Allied flects, FOREIGN the name Dardanelles shall be forgotten, and this water may again be called the "Hellespont."

One wonders why the naine was evor, changed, for there is not such another on the maps of the world. Waterloo, Sedan Mukden merely hint of transitions. Hellespon breathes the romance of epocks As the scaplance fly to-day above the fort of Chanak or Abydos, one wonders if their occupants love time to think of her who was the first to fly above these waters of Holle, -ODBENE DE MAJOR WISEULX, O.C.HE.V.Rikka her. Fallers have by reasca of the daughter of Athamas and Nephole,who

AT VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTEUS. Next for duty: H.KY.R.

Q. E. STEwing, Capt, Adjutant, HK.V.C. HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVES

Hongkong, th April, 1915.

PARADE A, B, and C Companies will f She flow so the old story zins, upon

CAIRE ROAD, No. 11A. Hongkong, 1st April, 1913.

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parade in the road otsean, the law | û golden-winged nut; and looking down Courts and the Cricket Great the wine-coloured waters she turned BL Bares and Sizes. p.. on Friday, April 9th Dress, Digiddy and fell into the Straits which Order.

bore her name: her grave lies

SMOKELESS FOWDER and CHILLED Comewhere on the southern shore as (LONS | 15 MUSKETAY-Members are remindal of order From No. 10 to 8880. st 86, 87 ́and

No. 26. The Musketry traing must wore bursting the other day. he completed this week-end. Co. Set Kalersi has been silenced, and ten miles Majors will see that the sen concerned away to the south lie the silent ruins of and AIR GUNS in Variety.

Kum$7.50 per 100. SPORTING REQUISITES are warned for duty,

LEAGUE MATCH,The following members will Troy, where King Priam and Hector stir represent the Reserves in the 3rd Anteh in their long sleep at the distant thunder against the Naval Yard train to be fred of HMS Canopus, Friumph, Buiftsure at Tai-Hang on the 10th inst.: --Sergt. and Cornwallis. Mackay, Groon

and Tollen, Cons Xerxes ordered to be thrashed

It was this same Hellespont which Bannerman, Lyon and Fisher and Puhumiliated by the gift of letters thrown Carpmael, McLennan, Hamilton and into its depths, when he found that his

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Watson. PRAK GUARD-The Peak Girl has been bridge of loats had been destroyed; for

discontinued as froon tulay..

storma on the Hellespont have MAIN QUARD-The following detains will always been proverbial, and Pliny en-

relieve the H.K.V.C. at 7 am Nor Easter which

tions a particularly obnoxious species of Saturday, April 10th-The whole of Hellespontias, while Reuter shows that Tas called the B Company (with the exception of the Straits to day maintains her reputa Sergt. Bignaller Michelmore and the tion in this respect.

Fifty-two men of- through these waters a greater fleet than that which bore those other heroes three thousand years aga past the same shores. Jason and his comrades sailed to the Binck Sea to win a golden fleece, and these ou modern Argonauts follow the same path

8 N.C.04. and men who were on duty war, they tell us, are forcing their way at Mount Austin, during the week ending April 2nd.

And the whole of seotions 1 and 2 of A Company." 0. C. Main Guard: Capi, G. K. H.

Brutton

Orderly Officer: Liout. C. H. Bla. Orderly Sergt.: Sergt. A. C. Fraoklia. Orderly Corp Le-Gral. A. Charlton, The Q.M. Sergt. and Orderly Sergt. will attend at 0.45 a.m., on the April 10th

to take over from the HB.V.C. Co. Sorg-Major Cone will attend at Volunteer Headquarters at Go.m na the mornings when too main guard pacades for instruction for Bayonet fighting. POSTING-Pie, J. T. Dongins to

W. E. CANTER, Capt.,

Adjutant, HK.V.R.

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Chim, but they have rather warned Japan about the question, the United States Government has come to favour an interference into the affair and has been

32,200 9 14 21 5.1in 1915 warning the Japanese Government since the Borodino 32.230 is 21 5 lia 1935 beginning not to infringe American interests amnil in China but to amend its dernande

....... 32,200.0 14in 21 5.1in 2015 Shanghai Nichichi Shimbun Petropavlosk. 23,000 12 12ir 16 4.7in 1914 Kisburn ... 32,200 9 14in 21 5,Jin 2015 publishes a Tokio telegram, dated 21st iest, Propa explaining that owing to

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· ឆ៩ before with the reply to be made by Japan Oleg in a day or twa.

-Almouz According to a telegraphic report from the Aurora U.S.A., the attitude of the American citizens Bogatyr of all classes is generally quiet, and they Diam consider that if the US was in the same position as Japan the US. would act the as Japan, and there is a tendeney

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and British officers will sight Bestus and And further up the Hallespont, French Abydos and hearts will boat a trifle faster at the glimpse of shores which are the In front of the bedrock of romance. battleships, they are sweeping for minia sweeping for mines in the waters which Leander has made sacred for ever. Decks may be cleared for action, death may lurk on any of those wooded heights, but the fighters' thoughts must for

moment turn away from war. Hero hay been dead for many hundreds years; the bones of Leander have long since turned to dust; but the elemental forces which they represent assure their immortality, The priestess of Venus sits in her watch tower at Beatus with the torchlight set in the loophole; and on the beach of Abydos the young Leander runs gladly down into the cold and gloony waters.

Love and danger; this the motif of the wave-song which echoes to-day in the cars of sailors, who know so well of both.

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