These developments are understood to be as follows:—
1. The continued activities on the part of Mr. Wang Ching-wei and his associates, sometimes openly, in negotiations with the Japanese, have led the Central Government authorities to abandon hope in him.
2. The publication on April 1 of a statement in which he disclosed many confidential documents and also threatened to disclose more later, annoyed the Central Government authorities, who were of the opinion that he had no right and justification to reveal state secrets, unless he "willingly and completely becomes a traitor to the state."
It is generally believed here that the Central Government will shortly Representatives of the Japanese Fishery Union, whose members are operating in northern waters, participated in an auction held in Vladivostok yesterday as a result of the conclusion of an agreement on the fisheries question between Japan and the Soviet.
The Union held an emergency meeting at its offices in Tokyo this aiternocn, to decide upon the formal attitude to be adopted towards the shenes question, A statement issued by the Union expressed regret over failure in past negotiations with the Soviet, in that-"legitimate Japanese fishery rights in northern waters were not fully protected.
In view of the negotiations resulting in the conclusion of a fisheries agreement, the statement adds, the Japanese Fishery Union urges the Government to make redoubled efforts M. Lebrun Re-elected French President Paris, Apr. 5.
The National Assembly today re-elected M. Albert Lebrun as President of the French Republic at the first ballot M. Lebrun polled 487 votes out of 909.—Havas. im concluding a "full fishery treaty" with the Soviet Union, in order fully to protect Japanese rights in northern waters.
Satisfaction is expressed by the spokesman of the Foreign Office over the @shery modus vivendi and the result of the auction in Vladivostok yesterday. He announced that 357 fishery lots were leased by Japanese operators, including 254 successfully hidden for in Vladivostok, yesterday and the substitute lots given the discuss and announce drastic measures to punish Mr. Wang Ching-wei, and also his associates, for "traitorous activities," probably ordering their arrest and punishment in accordance to law.
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