Life in the occupied district is regulated by the so-called Japanese administrative department and their gendarmerie. The latter maintains orders amongst both Japanese and Russians, enforcing Japanese laws in both cases. There is a Japanese court of justice to which the Russians have recourse at times.
The mineral wealth of the island is also not inviolable, and the Mitsubishi Company has started coal-mining and is making preparations to exploit naphtha in the region of the bay of Chai-vo.—Reuter.
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