Well Maintained by Government in Spite of Clamour by Irresponsible Fire-Eaters From Our Own Tokyo, Oct, 28.
+That Japan will continue to adhere to an attitude of nonference in the China troubles repeated again to-day when Pre Kato, addressed a large gathering the Kenseikai (Government party) members, The Premier deplored the troubles in China and, after expressing with that they would soon termi. nate, declared that the policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of China will be rigidly ad-ered to, He added that interfereness in China's affairs has always ultimately epelt loss for the intervener. In Japan's case, especially, he said, every effort should be made to avoid estranging the goodwill of the Chinese people.
So far the policy of non-into ference has been splendidly maintained by both the Foreign Office and the General Staff, despite the clamour of a section' to interfere boldly.
The Premier's speech was a very cautious one and dealt in gener: ties, Interpretations of his references to China vary, but it is gen-ovally held that'what Viscount Kato meant was that there would not any intervention on. the part of "Japan in' the sense of bringing armed pressure to bear on either of the Chinese factions, but that, at the same time, neither of the warring parties should imagine that. Japan will not join the other Powers ju ease international action for the defence of foreign lives and interests coomes necessary.
The press in general continuse tw admonish the authorities to remain neutral." Rumours have reached here that the Powers are contemplating intervention with the object of restoring peace between the: Chihli and Fengtich factions, and these are frowned upon as premature, on the ground that, if mediation now occurs, the threat of another outbreak, sooner or later, will constantly hang over the coun: try.and over trade, Let the warlords fight it out to!)
finish, and let the fit plage near the precincts of the EMfnese Legation yesterday, when the Police attempted to prevent the Chinese marching into the Legation 'The students held. several mass Imestings at which, they' denounced the iyesent squabbles, and' then, forming into a coalescent crowd, decided to. march' to the Chinese Legation," On the way, they ie, tributed pamphlets in which they) severely taxed the Japanese with alleged" duerimination towards the Chinese and with excluding. Chinese labourers.
"SinoJapanese amity is impossible long "as, Japan maintain for' attitude. of " lactlnination' read some of the leaflets; while others mocked Japan. for' taking, such umbrage over the. American exclusion when it was alleged, Sapan has a viral exclusion against Chinese labourers When the Legation officials heard thatthe." "Chineve: stadents were coming In force, they. sought" tin rotation, of the nearest police ation. ity men were ambushed the grounds anda small free at ten men Kept watch at the gate The later attempted to prevent the students. from entering the: Lega, tion grounds, but were over-powered. The students wore allowed to" get inside the ground whereupon the aficer im charge blew a whistle and the" ambushed" reserves attended Trapped, as it were, the Chinese students protested that. the police had no business there, the Legation frrounds sing cuttied to extra: \{Eretorial"pevileges, "The Polis Feplied that they came there at the Tequest of the Legation residents Several students were arrested and Charged with creating 6 distrub-
One of the reasons, and perhaps the main one why" the. students contemplated 'a "march" upon the Legation io because they have net been receiving their allowances ever the evi war broke vats the Legation has not received the euston mary subsidy either
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