RUSSIA AND JAPAN
MORE ABOUT THE TREATY. COAL AND OIL CONCESSIONS. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Reuter’s Telegrams.) PEKIN, January 21. In the terms of the new Russo-Japanese Treaty, questions of debt are reserved for readjustment by future negotiations. The Japanese troops in Northern Saghalien will be completely withdrawn by May 15, 1925, the withdrawal commencing as soon as the climate permits. Coal and oil concessions include the authorisation of the Japanese to prospect over an area of 1000 square versts, in which a concession for exploitation of 50 per cent will be granted. The Soviet also grants the Japanese concessions for the exploitation of the coal fields on the west coast of Saghalien. The period of the concession is 40 to 50 years. The Treaty recognises the validity of the Portsmouth Treaty, but that does not signify that the Soviet assumes with the Tsarist Government responsibility for the completion of it. M. Kara khan, the Soviet representative, in an annexed note, tenders sincere regret for the Nicolaievsk incident in 1920. The Treaty, which is in English, will be published after ratification.
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Southland Times, Issue 19458, 24 January 1925, Page 5
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