The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
CHITA-JAPANESE
DISPUTE WILL Be
AIRED AT FARLEY
Says Tokyo Aims to OBJ
tain Northern Half of
Saghalin Island.
BY CHARLES DALEY.

ly at the conclusion of another OF
the fruitless sessions with the
Japanese delegates at Darien he
was unable to say that single
thing had been accomplished. Mr..
Yourin, owing to the isolation OF
Chita, has established a mission in
Pekin, where he can the better keep
in touch with the diplomats of the
powers, being at once foreign min
lister and head of the mission.
Mr.. Yourin and his assistant, NJ.
Ageroff. both gave assurances that
no definite proposals had been
made by Japan, the pourparlers be-
ing purely informal. Even the in
vitation to hold the conference was
made verbally, the Japanese, since
the withdrawal of the mission from
Chitl at the request of the Far
Eastern government, having avoid
ed formal communications to the
Chita government Because GER
tain matters brought up at the
Darien conferences had to be re-
ferred not only to Chita but also
TO the Soviet government in Moscow
the apparent deadlock in the latter
part of September came about.
nom SIuca NotailnB.
The truth is that both sides were
jockeying throughout the entire
conference. To use the American
slang phrase, the Chita delegates
were instructed to "stall' on every
proposal, first until it was definite
ly decided whether the voice of
Chita would be heard in Washing
ton, and when the note of Mr..
IINNa IL
ed and Mr.. Yourin- returned to
Pekin September 26. 1t was decided
that as the position OF Japan in
Siberia was certain to be aired in
the Washington conference there
was nothing to be gained by giving
the Japanese delegates any further
encouragement to continue the con-
ference.
Both Mr.. Yourin and Innokenty
kotevnikOff, vice foreign minister.
who represented the Far Eastern
republic at Darien, declined to
make any statement regarding the
conference, asserting that 1t was
untrue that any definite proposal
had been made by either side.
Hope In Warrington Conference.
The Japanese publicity bureau. on
port to be proposals submitted by
either side, is assured by the rep
resentatives of the Chita govern
ment that these alleged points are
but summaries of topics informal
ly discussed, but upon which no
decision was reached, as in the
first place the Chita commissions
ers were powerless to treat. being
instructed only to listen to what
was said and to promise nothing
hoping only for delay until the
Washington conference decided the
entire question of the occupa ton
by Japan of the Asiatic mainland.
According to the Japanese the
following proposals were made by
japan:
1. A syndicate OF Japanese trad
ers with Russia shall be formed
and sale and purchasing guilds or
ganized.
2. An associated bank, based on a
Russian ia panese agreement, shall
be organized.
Would Recognize Japs' Rights.
,. Japan's rights OF priority shall
be recognized in regard to fishery,
forestry and mining enterprises.
1. A customs tariff shall be fixed
and the embargo on the export Of
gold and skins shall be lifted.
5. Rights of navigation on the
Amur and Sungari rivers shall be
recognized.
6. Guarantees shall be given for
trade with Russia.
The Chita government maintains
that before any agreement can be
made covering any of these points
the japanese must withdraw from
the occupied territory and permit
the Far Eastern Republic to re-
sumo its control over Vladivostok
insists that the withdrawal take
concession and rather than aban-
don this stand it will suffer the
loss of Vladivostok for another six
months and await the decision to
be reached in Washington.
And so, in spite of reams OF
propa ganda issued by both sides
and they are experts at the game
that Is the situation as II exists
today and as 1t possibly Will exist
up to the time Of converting the con-
ference here this month. OF course,
Washington this month. OF course,
II Japan could find the least pos
sible chance to contend that the
subject was under direct discussion
between the Far Eastern republic
and herself she might have some
prospect of keeping the matter
from the Washington conference;
but the Chita government prefers
publicity there on the ground that 1t
has far more to gain by such a
policy.
Eager to Quit Siberia.
Quite aside from the fact that
Japan Is eager to withdraw from
Siberia II she oan only find a way
to square herself with the people
and powerful interests at home,
she Is determined to obtain the
northern half of the island of Sag
halien as the price OF her long o.
cupation, for the army will lose
prestige at home unless II can
bring back some trophy of war. As
far as can be learned, the japanese
proposed the cession of Saghalien
as compensation for the Nikol-
aievsk AFFAIR, but the Chita govern
ment countered with a long list
of Japanese excuses which quite
counterbalanced the loss of Japan
csc lives at Nikolaievsk. This sub
ject therefore is at a deadlock.
Confident that Saghalien would
become japanese. Barons Yabuki,
Shiba, and Iwakura, representing
a strong group in the house of
peers, made, in the late summer
and early autumn, an extended
tour Of the occupied portion of the
island. Baron Yabuki, who acted as
spokesman of the party, assured
Japanese journalists that the re-
or ~ a.