The Russo-Japanese Neutrality Pact. igned in Moscow on April 13 by Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign M er and Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar. in the presence of Joseph Stalin, present-day li ator of all the Russias. was the most important development in Far Eastern Affairs since the beginning of Sin Japanese hostilities i 1937. Despite announcements that Russian assistance to China be continued." there is general real lization ci the implications of the new international arrangement, although the full terms of the deal are as yet unknown.
All newspapers in the Far East—with a few singular exeeptions—have carried full news reports of ti he announced facts concerning the pact, but no paper ha: carried such full reports of the surroundi circumstances which led up to the agreement as The China Weel Revie!
it is obvious that all citizens of China, whether they reside in Chungking or Na king. Kunming or Peiping. Shanghai or Mukden. Hongkong or Dairen are concerned by the Russo-Japa nese deal and the same plies to all foreign residents in the Far East. Chinese students particularly should inform themselves regarding this important development.
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