London, May 11.
In the House of Commons today, replying to Mr. George Barnes, Mr. Austen Chamberlain said that the Government understood that it was owing to the breakdown of the Dairen Conference that the Japanese Government had not been able up to the present to give effect to its declared intention to withdraw its troops from Siberia.—Reuter Tokio, May 12.
The relief of the lith Division of the Japanese Army in Siberia is still going on and it is expected that the staff of that division will be able to leave Siberia for home by the middle of une. The troops of the 8th Division are being hurried to Siberia at the present time and as the various contingents arrive a like number of the 11th Division are being despatched home.
Japanese fishermen are preparing fcr their annual trip to the fishing territories along the Maritime Province and Kamchatka coasts of Siberia. 'A Foreign Office official estimates the number of men who will engage in the industry this year at 15,000 persons and the amount of money derived from the industry at 30,000,000 yen.
The Navy Department has decided to send the light cruiser Niitaka and several special service boats to protect these fishermen.—Reuter.
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