Indemnity for Death of Two Korean Smugglers Tientsin, Mar. 16, The Japanese Embassy has present Jed tve demands to the Chinese at thorities over an incident at Tsangchow on March 12, when Chine militiamen are alleged to have fred fon two lorry-loads of sugar escorted by Koreans, with the result that two of the men were killed.
'The demands were presented today by Mr. Kato, of the Japanese Embassy, to General Sung Chehyuan, chairman of the Hopel and Chathar Political Couneit, with whom he remained closeted' for hour, The demands were:
1.—A ban against the use of arms against "special traders" (dealers in goods entering via East Hopel which the national Customs duty hax not been patd)
2-—Punishment of the militiamen responsible for the incident.
3.—An apology by the Chinese authorities, 4—An indemnity.
5.—Guarantees against recurrence lof similar incidents, The Chinese authorities were ree ported to have replied that the shooting had been done by preventive officers and, therefore, any protests must be addressed to the Customs London, Mar. 18, "Japan's much advertised moderate policy has not yet had any effect on moderating the smuggling which hax now been going on, in North China says the "Man-Guardian" in a leading article leath of the Korean on March 12, allegedly by Chinese militiamen, When Chinese guards, the newspaper deciares, dare to uso firearms to stop a lorry carrying contraband, the Chinese are asked for indemnity and a guarantee against a recurrence of the offence By these methods, the journal adds, the Japanese hope to cheat the Chinese Government of revenue, undercut foreign trade and set up their own ]Customs administration, They also prove that little value can be placed leeches of Ministers in Tokyo.
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