RUSSIA AND JAPAN
ALLEGED SECRET TREATY. FORMER OBTAINS WAR MATERIAL. Pr»M Association —By Tol* graph—Copytialrt. LONDON, July 31. (Received July 51, at 7.40 p.m.) The Morning Post’s Paris correspondent on the authority of well-informed persons, exclusively transmits the .details of a secret Russo-Japanese Treaty which, is on the point of signature if it is not already signed. It is stated that under this treaty Japan undertakes to furnish Russia with heavy artillery, and to tramier the surplus warships which Japan was obliged to disarm under the Washington Agreement, while Russia undertakes to cede to Japan all her rights over the oil deposits in northern Saghalion, ensuring an ample supply of fuel for the Japanese navy.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19239, 1 August 1924, Page 7
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