The proposal of a neutralization of the existing Manchurian railways was not received with favor in either Japan or Russia, and the other Powers concerned have manifested a disposition to defer to the view taken by those two Governments, which are most immediately touched by it. The position of the Japanese Government on the question was stated publicly in an address to the Diet on the 27th of January by Baron Komura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, who said: "The United States government recently proposed a plan regarding the neutralization of Manchurian railways. The Imperial government, in view of the important Japanese interests involved, and considering that the proposal came from a friendly Power with which the empire was on terms of close intimacy, submitted the question to the most careful examination. While determined to adhere scrupulously to the policy of the open door and equal opportunity, it should be recognized that the realization of the proposed plan would involve radical changes in the condition of affairs in Manchuria which were established by the treaties of Portsmouth and Peking. The change must be attended by serious consequences. In the region affected by the South Manchurian Railway numerous undertakings have been promoted in the belief that the railway would remain in our possession. As a consequence, the Imperial government, with regret, was obliged to announce its inability to consent to the proposal. I trust that the United States will appreciate our position and that the other Powers will equally recognize the justice of Japan’s attitude." The Russian Government is understood to have taken substantially the same ground, on the general question of a neutralization of Manchurian railways. There and elsewhere, however, there is said to be a readiness to consider the incidental proposition of an internationally financed Chinchow-Aigun road. ----------CHINA: End-------- CHINA EMERGENCY APPEAL COMMITTEE. See (in this Volume) EDUCATION: CHINA: A. D. 1909. CHINCHOW-AIGUN RAILWAY, Proposed. See (in this Volume) CHINA: A. D. 1909-1910. CHINESE HIGHBINDER ASSOCIATIONS: Their dangerous character. See (in this Volume) SAN FRANCISCO: A. D. 1902. CHINESE IMMIGRATION: The Resistance to it in America, Australia, and South Africa. See (in this Volume) RACE PROBLEMS. CH’ING, Prince of. See (in this Volume) CHINA: A. D. 1901-1908. CHOATE, Joseph H.: Commissioner Plenipotentiary to the Second Peace Conference. See (in this Volume) WAR, THE REVOLT AGAINST: A. D. 1907. CHRISTENSEN, Jens Christian. See (in this Volume) DENMARK: A. D. 1901, and 1905-1909. CHRISTIAN IX., King of Denmark: Death. See (in this Volume) DENMARK: A. D. 1906. CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. See (in this Volume) MISSIONS, CHRISTIAN.