The Chita Agreement to Precede Saghalien Discussion Tokio, Sept. 23.
It is reported from a_ reliable source that the Cabinet has instructed the Japanese delegates at Changchun that the first agreement must apply to Chita only and become effective immediately on signature.
The Nikolaievsk affair and the occupation of Saghalien are so closely connected that they cannot be discussed separately. Japan will be prepared. to discuss the evacuation of Saghalien after the Chita agreement has been concluded. If the Russians insist on discussing the evacuation of Saghalien at the present conference Japan will withdraw.
Japan agrees that the application of the prohibition of propaganda should be extended to Soviet Russia.—Reuter.
Changchun, Sept. 24.
The Changchun Conference resumed session yesterday. Acting on instructions from Moscow the Russians insisted that the evacuation of Northern Saghalien should be considered independently of the Nicolaievsk affair and requested that a fixed date for the withdrawal of the troops be declared beforehand. The Japanese persisted in their former attitude that the evacuation of Saghalien would be effected immediately upon the settlement of the Nicolaievsk affair which will be discussed forthwith after the signing of the general agreement now under discussion. They declared that it was impossible to indicate a date for evacuation before the signing of the agreement. It was finally decided to adjourn the Conference until the Japanese, had received final instructions from Tokio.—Reuter.
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