OIL SUPPLY FOR JAPAN
SAGHAMEN ISLAND FIELD. NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA. NEW YORK, December 22. A Rcssdnn-Japanese treaty is being negotiated, according to information from high sources in London, states the London correspondent of the New York World. It is reported that an agreement is about to be concluded whereby ißnssia will obtain technical sovereignty over the Island of Saghalien, giving Japan control of the oilfields. This will ensure Japan an oil supply independent of foreign sources. A slight under-current of uneasiness regarding the Far East situation is said to exist in official quarters. ’ This was indicated by an interview Recently between Mr Austen Chamberlain, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and a leading foreign diplomat.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19375, 10 January 1925, Page 10
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