Japanese Delegates Blames U, S.S.R.: Lack of Sincerity Claimed: Hu th Officials Ai Prom Our Own Harbin, August 20, In view of the great interest that being expressed by the general public over the suspension of the [Tokyo Conference on the sale of the Soviet rights on the railway several correspondents of Harbin newspapers met the Manchurian' ldclegates, headed by the Vice-[Minister ' of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ohashi, on their arrival by the s. Baikal' Maru at Dairen.
The reporters went out _to the steamer on a special cutter, on which was also Mr. Chief of the Political Department of the Ministry who had an immediate talk with Mr.
Ohashi on boarding the steamer. As soon as the steamer arrived in port Mr. Kanki left immediately "for Changchun while the Manchu de-togates remained a full day Questioned by the reporters as to what was likely to happen as regards relations between Manchoukou and the USSR. in the near fulure, Mr. JOnashi said: "I cannot for the present moment exactly say what may. be expected in this direction, but T think that to a very considerable degree this depends upon the position taken lup by the USSR.
"Up to the present, the USSR, in the persons of its representatives at the Manchurian-Soviet Conference in Tokyo, have shown complete irisin" ority, even to the clear intention of making use of the negotiations for some other purpose. In my opinion further negotiations with the the question of the sale fof the Soviet rights on the the railway are senseless, unless, of course, the USSR. shows some sincerity in, its relations in the future.
Judging 000 by the manner in which the repr sentatives of the USSR. have conducted themselves up to the present it is not possible to expect Soviet sincerity.
"From this you see", continued Mr. lOnashi, "that the rumours, which have reached me here, of the alleged possibility of the return of the delegates to Tokyo is absolutely false.
go to Tokyo then it will be for personal business or on business for which the Government find it necessary to send me, but in any lease not for the purpose of continu ing resultless negotiations, "At the same time T do not how these negotiations may be re red in' Changchun or Harbin, 1, and ne other delegates, pr to pay visit to Harbin, but in connection with other plans.
'Of course' all this will be decided after our arrival in Changchun and fter our report to the Government, to whom we must give an account lof the non.success of our negotiations with the Soviet representatives."
question being put to Mr. Ohashi ax to what was the general' opinion fof people in' Japan regarding the Fupture of negotiations, he replied: "The Nippon people are peacefully inclined and do not want war, but watching the situation at present [created, naturally anxiety is appear (rs in Manchoukuo, the neighbouring tree Empire, are worrying everyone considerably. The Nippon people have seen how we, the Manchurian delegates, used every endeavour to reach a favourable result in the fourteen months negoti tions. In Nippon, where all inform tion regarding the Conference wi jziven out in detail, it is well known that we followed a' sincere path hav-Ing a real desire to buy the share of the railway which belongs to the SSR.
"But when even the unbiased mediation project. of the Minister Foreign 'Affairs, Mr. Hirota, was not' accepted by the Soviet representa~ tives, all_came to our point of view, that it was useless to carry on further to-day makes the sensational allega-ion that the arrested employees of the Chinese Eastern Railway have made a statement to the police implicating General Blucher, commander fof the Soviet Far Eastern army, in the recent train outrages in Man-
'According to" the newspaper, the' police were told that trains were wrecked in accordance with instruc: tions from the general at Habarovsk. Reuter.
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