The Japanese Government's reply to the Nationalist Note cancelling the Japanese Treaty of 1896 is reported to have been handed by Mr. Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister to China to Mr.
L. Tong, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peking on July 24, The Japanese wholly repudiate the Nationalist view that their Treaty has lapsed. They emphasize the fact that the Treaty continues for another 10 years from the date of expiration, in accordance with Article 26 et that Treaty which provides for the method of revision, Manchuria Japan would take measures of self-defence there as she had great interests in the three Eastern Provinces. For the reason] referred to, Mr. Hayashi advised] Marchal Chang to refrain from joining hands with the Southerners until the situation in China had become more quiet and the Nationalists kept] international courtesy.—Reuter.
Manchuria Drops the Negotiations Tokyo, July 23.
It is learned from a reliable source that General Chang Hsueh-liang has informed Mr. Hayashi, the Japanese! Consul-General at Mukden, that he has "decided to abandon the compromise negotiations with Nanking] for the time being, It is pointed out that the Three Eastern Provinces will _strictly adhere to the provisions of the! various agreements existing between China and Japan.—Reuter.
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