Statement by Japanese Governmen Expected Shortly to Allay Misunderstanding Tokyo, Jan. 18.
It is understood that the Government is investigating the alleged advance by the South Manchuria Railway to the Chinese Minister of Communications for the -constr tion of the Ki way.
The Government intends to issue shortly a full explanation with regard to the whole question of rail-" way construction in Manchuria for the purpose of allaying possible misunderstandings,—Reuter's Pacific Service. here today to confer with the Legations about the effective control of the railway from the capital to the sea ard: thus to restore the damaged foreign. prestige,—Reuter.
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