Tokio—A plan is afloat, according to the Tokio "Nichi Nichi", for working a gold mine in Kam-charka by Japanese and Russian capitalists as a joint undertaking. The former are being represented by Mr. Mannosuke Nakamura, of Tokio, who holds extensive interests in the coast fishery of the maritime Province, and the latter by Mr. Yuriev, who holds the Fifth Order of Merit, granted for services to the Japanese Expeditionary Force in Siberia. "An agreement has already been concluded with the Virdivostok Government," said Mr. Yariev. "The capital will be subscribed equally by the Japanese and Russians A party of Japanese officials, including Admiral Yoshida, have on board the man-of-war Kasuga for the South Sea Islands, with the object (according to the "Hochi") of inspecting the social and economic conditions of the islanders, as a preliminary to deciding what form of administration is best for these islands.
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