Commercial Rights to Be Established Tokyo, Jan. 22.
Replying to interpellations in the Lower House to-day Baron Shidehara stated that Japan intends to take steps to establish her commercial rights in M churia on a permanent the Peking conte extraterritori ity question, but is the meantime he wishes to withhold publication of the con-rote plan, which is now being Pacific Service, 10 to 40 pounds of gold for their collective claim, according to productivity, and after that may dig for themselves. But all the gold dust and nuggets obtained must be handed over to the government, which pays for it in soviet currency at the rate of about $14 an ounce. No man upon leaving the gold fields fs allowed to take more than five Pounds of gold with him, Food Shortage Acute Although some of the Russi ted a rosy picture new "Eldorado," it is known that there are nearly 5,000 Prospectors in the Aldan district without employment. Many of these men, so far from finding gold, have not been able to find a erust of bread. There is an acture shortage of provisions, due to the inaccessibility of the gold fields to any lof civilization.
Last year two steamers set out] from Yakutsk to find their way to the new Klondike. Much of their course up the tributaries of the Aldan had never been navigated before, but they arrived safely about 35 miles from the fringe of the gold fields and landed about 200 tons of Provisions. Since then more or less regular communication by aeroplane has been established, but there still, insufficient food to take care of the 12,000 or more gold prospectors who now are there.
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