Officers and Interpreters: Soviet's Plea of Justification Tokio, Mar. 1s Despatches. from Vladivostok' report the arrest of eight Jepan-(ese officers and. interpreters the Russian authorities and. the searching of the residences of five other Japanese officers. Replying a protest against the arrest of the officers, the Russian authorities stated that they were free to arrest ary - foreigner under. suspicion.
Tt is understood that the Government is referring the matter of the arrests to Mr, Yoshfzawa, the Japanese Minister in Poking, who will sock an explanation from M, Karakhan, owing to the Russian authorities nob rooognising Mr. Watanabe, the Japanese Consul at Vladivostok, omARGR OF EPIONAGE, Mar. 2. A "Jiji" special edition dotaile where being cultivated under com- the Russian reasons for the arrest pulsion of the military officials, of Japanese at Vladivostok. The but opium growing is not s0 Russians assert that. the Japancae profitable as it formerly was es-attempted to investigate the or-pecially with the heavy. tax anic system of the Red Guard collected on it so" most of the and the Red Fleet and of the So. people object to plant it, To meet viet administration, thus ondon: this unwillingness on the part of goring vital eccrets bearing on the the people to grow it the officials welfare of Russia. Subsequent are how taxing the people accor-search of Japanese homes, they ding to the number of their fields, say, revealed ovidenes warranting irrespective of whether they have the' arreste, Planted it or not.
'The Foreign Office denies the es-ro is a general feeling that pionago charge and accuses Rus. the situation in Changchow' in of continuing petty annoyances very. insecure and that fighting will take ploce again ore long. The in the hope of foreing Japan's recognition of the Soviet, former band Mr, Shimada left for Poking now enrolled as soldiers under the t command of Huang Ta-ni, and Service, this general is on bad terms with' ome of hig follow-commanders.
Houses of Officials Searched: It ig not improbable that the bandit section of the troops may Japan's Protest stir up trouble, and thig will give Poking, March 3. occasion for Chang Chih-ping of The Jupanese Legation here Amoy ta come to their aid and was officially informed from involve the whole district, in fur-Vladivostok that on February. ther fighting. In such high 26 the residences of three Japnowe have been having, there ese officials were searched. under principle at stake, it is issued by the Russian Question of personal aggrandiseguties, 'Two of the' officials ment or of division of the spoils, arrested on the sime day The Western New Year's hol andthe third, Mr. Gunji, the dye wera nerved by dhe ofa Vice-Consul, was arrested on the lie fers. were decorated, following day. Major Minoteuma, there was great interchange erehange -of Captain. Matsui and 10 Japanese ceremonial visits, but the Chircee ts were also arveated. Qld stylo holidays were observed the on the people generally and, up to 'March 1"recoived the first oficial the Inst hour of the old' year, report. of the arrest of Captain merchants and shopkeepers: were Matsui.' Mr. Yoshizawa, the Jap-bury getting in all. outset fanes Minister, then called on counts and. the New Yea M. Karakhan, whom ho asked to welcomed with fusillades of crack-Inscortain the facts and, ora. reported, to take "immediate Until the end of the Chinese steps to secure the relewso Now Year we had been havi Captain" Mateut very dry seaton. All the canals viol, Mf Karakhan replied that. he and ponds were dry, and. the had net received any. oficial farmers were industriously diggreport, but promised to ascertain ing out the bottoms of the canals} the knots. Tu the light of th further developments at Viadi and ponds and spreading the sticky substance over their fields vostok, Mr. Yoshizawa will inter-to enrich the soil. Then we had view "M." Karakhan to-day.—Reuter's Pacific Service. thunderstorms (regarded at this Poking, Mar. 4. time ae portents Political conditions of disturbed] in the cotnphe fis)
and continuous heavy rains] Rarnkham' dhe Sense Tees, which have filled up_ the - canals]
\d_ ponds to thoir- fullest enpaey,; The dead dogs which here ate thrown into the ponds. and canals are now less offensive; but the'dead cats which are huig upon the trees are no less disgusting. diroussed at length the arrests of Sapaneto at Vladivostok.
Mr," Karakhan expressed the opinion thatthe arrorted men must, be tried according to Tussian law.—Reuter's Pacific Sere view.
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