Peking, Jan. 21.
The signing of the Russo-Japanese agreement took place just after midnight at the Japanese Legation, ut Mr, Yoshizawa's bedside, but the official date is to be yesterday and the- anniversary of Lenin's death is therefore robbed of an event of. considerable importance in Far' Eastern international relations.
The following are the summaries Jof these document The Convention Article T says that, with the enforce ment of the, Convent tiplomatie eltios wil be extaahed between ished between the contracting patties namely, after Seen "exchat ca that "the, Soviet recognizes the valid vat al The Inst point to be settled, as T have already mentioned, was the question of the prohibition of Bolshevist propaganda, Mr. Yoshizawa first insisted on Comrade Karakhan's compliance with in which the Soviet under-preventing Communistic propaganda Japan, cither directly by Governor indirectly by, Russian organizations and persons having velations with the Soviet Government, It is said that this clause was considered of extreme Importance by the Privy Council in Tokyo. Karakhan argued that the wwiet could not undertake stich a responsibility in. regard to the activities of the Third International, TOIT hall be hed. during' the forth:
Regotiations at a conference beheld dealing with matters contained the Treaty"
Article III relates to the Fishery Wention, and says. that, upon the splorement of the present Convention, he Flaheries Convention of 1907, pletion of the Conve Drackies estaiisned in 1984 relating" TheSleate of Making fo tne NUE article WY 'Save, that' upon the forcement of the' present Conventio the contracting patties: wil proceed sone" "treaty. at commerce and navigation in conformity with the uns der mentioned principles, and, pending {he"Completion of nach a traly gory frat intercourse" will be repulsed by Such Principles which are as follows: Shaul in Reeordance' with tae tae {a} he "neopie "at the "tre een the. country, which was'not a Russian Govern ment organization; but he accepted the clause in $0 far as it referred tw Government officials or organiza iWmese ae hake eta Shin tions of a Government character.
As a quid pro quo he asked for an undertaking from Japan that no white Russian propaganda should be allowed in Japan, See Set eon chi tai Hat This compromise was finally' agreed upon and, as foreshadowed. the extent of the concession in northern Sanghalien, the other outstanding problem, resolved itself automatically, the Soviet agreeing to the Japanese offer of a compromise "on a fifty-fifty basis. The concessions are all laid down in the Japanese plans which were used throughout the discussion. Japan's original claim was for 60, per cent, of the output, which was also the percentage reserved by the Soviet. ion Se Sean ete a tr, en a
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