Tokyo, Oct. 20.
The vernacular press is ovineing. considerable interest in the despatch of Mr. Fusanosuke Kuhara on an Sconomic mission to Moscow anti Berlin, The papers indulge in much peculation regarding the nature of this mission, Mr, Kuhara leaves Japan, on October 28, Not only is tt unusual for a business man to be sent to a foreign country in an official capacity but Mr, Kuhara yesterday had the rate privilege of being received in audience by the Emperor.
Linking this with Viscount Goto's forthcoming visit to Moscow, ti 'Kokumin' considers that "there something behind it all" and inter-brets these mor an attempt to "establish a special connection tween Japan, the Soviet and Ge many so as to rescue Japan from her disadvantageous position arising, from the can Sapanese Alli Government authorities deny that there is any-connection between the two visits and express embarrassment that such interpretations have been placed on them.
Discussing the object of Mr. Kuhara'y mission a Foreign Oftieo spokesman stated that Mr, Kuhava, who will be accompanied by Mr. Saito, the Consul-General in New York, is being sent, to investigate economic conditions In Russia prior to negotiating a commercial treaty, which it is hoped to conclude after signing the Fishery Agreement that now under negotiation, Subs sequently, the mission will proceed to Berlin' to seo how the recently concluded commercial treaty iven Japan and Germany te works Viscount. Goto's coming evisit_to Moscow, which has been temporarily postponed on his-physician's advice, stated to be purely personal and, unofficial Reuter, 'A pecnease in the shipping of Tientsin was registered in September, when the total number of vessels was 161, compared with 177 in September 1926, and the total tonnage 200,982, compared with 241,- 563. The arrivals at Tientsin Bund last_month were 99 vessels, "total 182,000 tons, against 150 vessels of 148,000 tons in 1926.
To provide for the rapid increase of the population of the city of Dairen, a huge reservoir is. being, constructed below the Wangehiatien. Reservoir on the upper Malan the total cost of ¥.7,500,000 to ho spread over five years from 192%, To do this, two Chinese villages have got to be bought up. The total area Tnvolved amounts to 50,000 taube which nearly entirely belong to the Chinese, With their proverbial partiality for the main chance, says the "Manchuria Daily News," the Chinese landowners concerned have been sible prices for their approached by the Their demands being inordinately high, the authorities felt constrained to enforce the Land Expropriation Act operative since last year.
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