Peking, Dec. 6.
M. Karakhan, Russian, Envoy in.the Far Eas:, yesterday addressed a Note to Mr. Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister in Peking, expressing the positive intention entertained by the Soviet Government regarding Russian relief for sufferers in the - Japanese earthquake.
The Note is to' the following effect The Japan Earthquake Commission of the Soviet Republic has decided upon the following two items og relief-measures to the Japanese earthquake sufferers (1) Seventy fishery lots on_ the coast of the Japan Sea within the Russian waters are to be thrown open to Japanese- at 75 per cent. of the ordinary rent; (2) Forestry areas to the extent of half a million des-slatiness in the district of the Amur, Maritime Province, and Kamchatka are to be leb to Japanese at 70 per cent. of the ordinary rent.
The Japan Karthguake Commission of the Far Eastern Republic is authorized to conclude a contract with representatives of the Japanese earthquake sufferers in conformity with the terms. referred to above, and to carry through the foregoing. intention. The Soviet Government suggests that a Russian envoy be allowed to reside in Japan and hopes that facilities will be given by the Japanese Government.—Eastern News Agency.
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