Tokio, February 8.
Four protests hitherto have een addressed to China on the of the Hsinmintun-Fakumen he Japanese believe that ists concerned are inclined to withdraw from the en-'
The Japanese authorities declare that the presumption that Japan and China are engaged in endless disputes is unwarranted, in view of the complicated nature of the questions between China and Japan outstanding after the war.
The actual proceedings in North Manchuria in regard to the Customs remain keenly watched. One Tokio journal suggests that the enforcement of absolute neutrality upon certain interested foreigners behind China who are acting in defiance of their Home authorities is the quickest method of improving the prospect of the negotiations between Japan and China,—Our Own Correspondent.
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