Peking, Jan. 11.
An inquiry in Japanese official quarters to-day elicited a further denial of the report that the Shantung negotiations were being transferred to Peking.
Tt was hinted that, should China persist in her refusal of a Japanese loan for the purchase of the the Kiaochou-Tsinanfu Railway, Japan's attitude might be that if China were in a position to purchase the railway outright then the payment of terest on some of the loans obtained from Japan in recent years might be expec' from her. China's apparent de< to oust the Japanese from control of the line was, it was stated, re garded by Japan as "unfriendly." If China, however, were to adopt a friendly attitude in the matter Japan would have no objection to parting with the interests in the railway.—Reuter.
The Kuo Wen News Agency has received the following telegram, dated the 13th instant, from its spestal correspondent in Washing-on Two alternative proposals garding the Kaomi-Tsinanfu way, which have been informally suggested by Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour, have been cabled to Peking and Tokio. One involves a Japanese loan with less Japanese control, while the other sustains China's proposal but meets the Japanese demands for experts. Matters rest now pending instruections from both the Chinese and Japanese Governments.
Two meetings to-day con sidered and agreed upon the const: nection y China of the Chefoo-Weihsien Railw extension and the turning An attempt is now being made to agree on the question of opening the port of Tsingtao to all commerce on equal terms.—Reuter.
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