Assertion by Bolshevik News Agency that Final Stage Is Being Reached Poking, Oct. 9.
The Rosta News Agency, statement to the effect that tha:
Russo-Japanese have been ce-ordinated, though slight corrections in wording are necessary.
"The Nikolaicvsk affair has been Aropped out from the present negotiations, as it represents a material loss, and will be considered at a future conference together with other State and private claims.
"The evacuation of Saghalien is an undisputed question, the only danger being that Japan has drawn out the parley to such an extent that the evacuation is now virtually an impossibility.
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