RUSSO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10499, 6 July 1910, Page 4

RUSSO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ] (Per Press Association.) Received July 5, at 11.10 p.m. Paris, July 5. The Journal des Debats states that A.Russo-Japanese agreement has been signed: It guarantees the status quo , in Manchuria, and provides that if the agreements Russia and Japan have concluded with China, .are- menaced the parties will concert measures for their defence. Des Debats regards the agreement as a final answer to China's attempts to regain a predominant' position in Manchuria, also the United States' Secretary of State's proposal to internatjonalise business enterprises in Manchuria.