Tokio, 13th June.
It is learnt on reliable authority that Russia has asked Japan since the opening of hostilities whether she will establish a Prisoners' Intelligence Bureau, as provided by the Hague Convention.
japan has replied that she has already done so, while on the other hand Russia has not established any bureau yet, and Japan can only receive vague information at infrequent intervals of the Japanese prisoners.
It is reported that M. Martens and others are only now drafting the regulations of the Russian Bureau, and the Japanese are astonished at the tardiness of the Russians.—Our own c lent.
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