Official Report Asked for on Reference to China The Shanghai Commission for the Reorganization of Labour Uni CDN serciAL, sexier Washington, Dec, Opposing the re-appointment of Mr. Obata as Minister to China and yesterday a very lengthy telegram was Sent to the National Government requesting that the Waichiapy should be ordered to notify the Tokyo Government that Mr, Obata Persona non grata to the Chinese people, Mr, Obata's appointment is being opposed on the ground that he is alleged to be a strong advocate of a Positive policy in dealing with Chinese affairs. The Chinese say that Mr. Obata was the power behind the throne in exacting the Twenty-One Demands from the Chinese Government in 1915, whilst the other Powers were engaged in the European war. Mr. Obata, they say, has not been forgotten or forgiven by the Chinese people for his aggression and his re-appointment, they believe, cannot but result: in the loss of China's sovereign rights.
If the Japanese Government desire to improve diplomatic relations between the two countries, they'
Mr. Charles Francis Adam Secretary of the Navy, implied to: day that he has Smedley Butler, Max recently stationed in North China, to submit an official report on a speech he made on December 5 in Pittsburgh before the Exchange Builders.
In the course of his speech, General Butler is reported to have said that the U. S. Marines influene-Jed elections in foreign countries in favor of candidates who were partial to American interests.
State Department officials are understood to have characterized the speech as "very loose talk".
Earlier in the day, Mr. Adams said that he had not at that time heard of the incident—-United Press.
Ges. Chang Hsang-liang has telegraphed to the Waichiaopu, suggesting that 2 branch office of the Waichiaopu should be established in Mukden to deal with the foreign affairs of the Three Eastern Pro-comforts for troops at the front, which was looted by the mutineers at Pokow, before they retired up the railway line,
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