The dispute between Koreans and Chinese in Manchuria is assenting important proportions and diplomatic action is expected.
"The Korean Government estimates that there are 700,000 Korean immigrants in Manchuria, mainly in Kirin, the bulk of whom are engaged in rice' cultivation. Through their efforts immense tracts of swampy land, leased from Chinese' Iandlords, has been transformed into rich paddy-fields. Tt is about this! time of the year that the present eases are renewable and the pre~ sent trouble has been caused by the Chinese Iandlords refusing to renew the leases. This refusal, it_ -ged, was instigated by the Chinese authorities, who are demand. ing that the Korean residents in Manchuria become naturalized Chinese citizens en condition that, they have been residing in Manchuria for ten years, wear Chinese clothes and speak the Chinese language
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