British and Japanese Attitude to the Question of the Consortium, the Loan to China and the Disbandment of Unnecessary Chinese Troops

As to the question of the Consortium,the loan to China and the disbandment of unnecessary Chinese troops,Britain,on one side,asked Japan not to provide a loan to China alone.To counter the War Participation Army Japan used as a tool of controlling China,Britain asked Japan to agree to one of the Consortium's loan conditions——the disbandment of unnecessary troops of the North and the South,while opposing Japan's excluding Eastern Inner Mongolian in the sphere of Consortium;on the other side,Britain made a concession to Japan,agreeing to exclade South Manchuria in the sphere of Consortium.