Story Denied by Premier: Insistence by Tokyo Paper Tokyo, Mar. 2.
Though the Foreign. Oice end also representatives of Viscourt Goto deny that there is any truth in the story, the "Jiji" avers that the Viscount is carrying out private negotiations with Comrade Karnkthan, formerly Soviet Ambassavor to China, aiming at the, opening of official parleys with the Soviet regarding Manchuria and Mongolia, According to the "JHji", the bosn being discussed a (1). The establishment of spheres of influence; (2) Snpan's purchase of the southern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway between Har and Kuanchentze; Joan in the Japanese return for certain facility ing a favourable freightage agree ment between the South Mancharia Railway and the Chinese Eastern Railway.
In this connexion it will be remembered that the Premier, General Baron Tanaka, denied a somewhat similar report on March 10.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.