Strict Neutrali ity Pledged If Either Party Enters War Against Third Party Powers Tokyo, Apr. 13.
GMPULATING mutual respect for the preservation and nonviolation of each other's territory, a Soviet-Japanese Treaty of Neutrality, effective for five years from the date of ratification, was signed at, Moscow at 3.o'clock this afternoon (Moscow time,) by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, and the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and concurrently Foreign Commissar, M. Viachesla M, Molotov, in ceremonies held at the Kremlin, According to a resume of the treaty issued by. the Cabinet information Board, the accord contains four
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