The news that troops are pour ing into Shantung and Manchuria constitutes a reminder that the situation is critical and that the military party in Japan may at any moment force the hands of the Japanese Government. Anything like coercion applied to China would, of course, be liable to the gravest consequences not only as far as China is concerned but as concerns the future relations of Japan with Western Powers.—From Our Own Correspondent.
Tsinanfu, March 22.
Three thousand Japanes troops are arriving in Tsinanfu. From Our Own Correspondent.
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