Jzars and the Central Committee of the Communist Party issued a de-joree, signed by M. Joseph Stalin, General Secretary' of the Com munist Party, and M. Viachesla 'Molotov, president. of the Council lof People's Commissars and of the Council of Labour and nee, ending state grain collec. tions' and increasing wages of, workers in the Trans-Baikal region of Eastern Siterin the Buryat Mongol Autonomous Repab-
The decree extends the privileged jaraas, which had been granted Jsimilay concessions in December, to include virtually all of the Soviet Wellinformed persons close to the Soviet Government believe. the ldeeree has a two-fold purpose, frstiz, t0 strengthen the Soviet Union jagoinst Japan in the Far East, and secondly, 40" encourage immigra-tien from the crowded sections the European Sevice Union.
The decree stated, thst the rea-Jscne for the concessions are to in-Jerease the population of those sec-
Jof those already there.
us and t0 strengthen the loyalty Tu 29 districts of Trans-Baikalia land the region of Kolkdoz, the peafsants are relieved from their grain obligations for m period of six year fand other districts for three years Meanwhile, in fifteen districts, the peasants were relieved of the rteessity for "delivering potatoes, eat and butter ea che Central [Uvion for a period of six years and, in other districts, for a period of Similar concessions were granted Buryat Mongol and" other! Siberian regions.
The wages paid to Red soldiers, land factory, transport and state farm workers were raised sharply land wages to professional men inlereased slightly.
Japanese Army's Debt The increasing tension between Japan and Soviet Russia was evijdenced to-night by two reports from ithe Far East which were published lby the Soviet Foreign Office.
The first denounced Japan's refusal or more than for transporta tion of Japanese troops on the Chi nese Eastern Railway and the soc-Jond charged: Japan with unlawful interference with operations of the CER. and the wholesale arrests lof, Soviet railway workers, I The Soviet Consulate in Habarlovsk reported to the Foreign Office that the Soviet manager of the CER. in Harbin had' demanded
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