Soviet Concession to American Syndicate Moscow, June 12, A formal agreement relating to the Chiatura Manganese Mines Concession has been signed between the Soviet Government and the Harriman combine, The contract requires the conccasionaires sto erect certain buildings, install a plant and complete railway Jeommunication, spending on it $4,000,000, The railways, afterwards pass into the hands of the Soviet Government.
The concessionaires must export 16,000,000 tons of manganese during the 20 years of the contract and pay the Government $3 per ton in the first three years and afterwards $4 per ton. The Government receives 60 per cent of the profits if the price of manganese is raised above a fixed sum, Provision is made for arbitration in ease of dispute.
Tt is stated in Moscow that over a hundred "American concession Proposals have been received by the Principal Concessions Committee, most of which are important, particularly in the Domain of Forest Exploitation—Reuter JAPANESE IN HONGKEW, Keeping Out of the way; But Attacks Recently Conditions in the Hongkew dietrict, in spite of the large number of Japanese residents, have during the last fom days remained paratively quiet. A number of Jap-nese who were proceeding to one of the wharves in Broadway on Tuet day were assaulted by a mob of Chinese but otherwise no particular demonstrations against the Japanese have occurred in the district, Japanese residents in Hongkew have wisely taken precautions in.keoping out of harr much as pose sible and the various Japanese Street Organizations, which are me formal societies for the purpose of bringing Japanese residents in the same streets into touch with one another have warned their members to keep to their houses after dark. Japanese firms are doing their best to carry on business, but like other firms in Shanghai ate hampered by the local conditions and the strike,
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