JAPAN AND RUSSIA
RUMOURED SECRET TREATY. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, July 31. (Received July 31, 11 p.m.). The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, on the authority of well-informed persons, exclusively transmits details of a secret Russo-Japanese Treaty, which is on the point of signature, if not already signed.
It is stated that under its provisions, Japan undertakes to furnish Russia with heavy artillery and transfer surplus warships which Japan is obliged to disarm under the Washington Agreement, while Russia undertakes to cede to Japan all her rights over all deposits in Northern Sagalien, thus ensuring an ample supply of fuel for the Japanese Navy.
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Southland Times, Issue 19311, 1 August 1924, Page 5
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