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strumentality of the bids system as
carried out by the existing Russian
authorities. The Vladivostok govern
nlent, as we'll as various public organ
lzations, have again protested against
TINS, considering this action a direct
violation of the existing convention.
All this creates an extremely compli-
Gated situation as far as Japan's rela-
tion to the Russian Far Eastern fish
cries IS concerned 1t is very signifi-
cant that in the note of January II. the
japanese government justified its five
demands on the ground that it con-
siders their acceptance by the exist
ing Russian authorities as fhe onlv
method whereby "Japans rights under
the fisheries convention can be safe
guarded in the present situation" And
then, just before uttering the threat
which we quoted above, the note con-
tanned the following, even more sig
nifcant statement:
1t is understood that as SOON
as there exists in Russia legal gov
ernment which would safeguard the
interests of the Japanese fishermen,
the whole fishing industry will be
placed again on its former BASIS.
This statement constitutes a definite
and important promise on the part Of
Japan. The eventual fulfillment of this
promise is inextricably bound up with
the whole sum total of her present
activities in the Russian Far East. As
we have already seen in the vitally i'm
portant question of the fisheries, the
fact of the japanese military occupa-
ton of the island of Sakhalin and of
the mouth of the Amur River-which
occupation she has no intention to end
under her present policy-gives into
her hands tremendously valuable priv
ileges which she does not enjoy under
her treaty arrangements with Russia.
She promises to give up these special
privileges and advantages, as well oas
others which she at present possesses
by virtue of her presence in Siberia as
direct accompaniments of the military
occupation.
The reN test of Japan's promises,
will come when she will be called upon
Ito do this, for that alone will prove
her sincerity in asserting that she is
not aetuated by desire to take an
unfair advantage of Russia's tempo
rary plight. There is scarcely another
"hang- over from the discussions which
came within the purview of the Wash.
ington conference that is more fraaght
with possibilities of future complies
tions than the one concerned with ia.
PANS relation TO the Russian Far East.
But there are not likely to be any COM
plications il Japan proves equal to this
difficult, but really determining tsst
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fense of the interests of its subjects" F"
be undesirable so far as it was con-
cerned in view of the fact that friendly
relations exist between Japan and
Russia,
This note aroused violent opposition
on the part of all Russian groups. The
Primorsk Chamber of Commerce filed
a comprehensive protest, stating that
the throwing open of the river and
inlet fishing areas to the Japanese
would merely tend to put Russian fish
ing interests out of business; that the
taking over by the japanese of the
coastwise shipping of fishing equip
ment would really put the Japanese in
full control of all of the Russian coast
wise trade in the territory; that the
| establi shment of q system of a pub
lished evaluation of leases would put
the Russians at a great disadvantage
as compared with the Japanese; and
finally that the whole position taken
by the japanese government is utterly
incompatible with either Russia's ma
tional honor or with the vital economic
interests of the Russian Far East, since
the Japanese would be permitted to
have control over the disposition of
the sums paid in for the leases, which
constitute Russian property.
However, no official reply to the
J.nanasa noto war riven until March
IA, when the government of the Far
Eastern Republic proposed that all the
questions involved should be taken up
by a special conference of representa-
| tives of Japan, the Far Eastern Re-
public and Soviet Russia. In the mean
time the Japanese agreed to post
pcnement of the annual bids, which
were to take place at the end of March,
and finally agreed to permit their sub
| jects to take part in the bids, leaving
the question of Russian acceptance
of her demands open for the time
being.
| The Japanese note of January II,
| 1921, referred to the fisheries gener-
ally. But the Japanese were already
in actual control of two of the most
important fishing regions, viz, those
of Sakhalin and Kamchatka.
Far Eastern Situation
| A Mass of Complications
| Finally, in April, 1922. when the time
came for holding annual fisheries bids
in Vlsdivostck, the Japanese govern
ment carried out the threat contained
in the note of January II, 1921, and
announced that 1t would thenceforth
refuse to recognize any Russian juris-
diction over the fisheries whose admin
istration is concentrated at vladivo-
stok, by permitting its nationals to
hold fishing permits directly from the
Japanese authorities without the in
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Russian fishing areas, which are
tremendous in extent and in album
dance.
Nippon Gained Important
Rights in Fishing Line
Prior to the Russo-Japanese war Of
1903 '04 the Russian Far Eastern fish
cries were generally closed to foreign
exploitation. But one of the conces-
sions obtained by Japan as result Of
the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ter
minated the war, was the acquisition of
a series of important and far-reach-
ing advantages and privileges in the
Russian fishing waters In 1907 a
special fisheries convention was signed
between Russia and Japan which was
to regulate the participation of Japan
in the exploitation Of the Russian fish
cries.
In accordance with this convention
the Japanese were placed generally on
an equal footing with the Russians so
far as the commercial exploitation of
exception was that the japanese were
forbidden to engage in fishing in the
mouths of rivers and in a specified list
of bays and inlets. Outside of that,
however, all the fishing areas placed
under exploitation by the Russian gov
ernment were open on basis of
equality to both the Russian and the
Japanese fishermen through system
of bids, held annually
The fisheries convention was origi-
nally signed for twelve years and, con-
seque.tly, expired in 1919. By that
time Russia had already gone through
several stages of her revolution, and
the group which actually controlled the
territory comprising the fisheries
was the Kolchak government, at Omsk
With this government the Japanese
opened negotiations concerning the
status of the fishing industry in the
Russian waters after the expiration of
the convention 1t was finally agreed
between the Japanese government and
Kolchak's Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
that the convention of 1902 would re-
main indefinitely prolonged, pending
the establishment in Russia of fully
recognized government, which would
then take up with Japan the question
Of the original convention.
For several years prior to the expi-
ration of the fisheries convention ia
pan had been, pressing upon the Rus
sian government number Of impor-
tant notifications in the operations of
the Far Eastern fisheries. The most
important Of these notifications urged
by Japan was the removal of the re-
strietion of fishing areas as far as tn.
Japanese are concerned, which consist.
I'd in their being prohibited from fish
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from Japanese or Russian lessees,
must be deposited in banks chosen
for that purpose by agreement be-
tween the Japanese government and
the existing Russian authorities.
The Russian authorities can divert
only one-third of the total deposits
to their own uses. The other two
thirds must remain untouched until
the end of the annual season, when
"a special agreement must be made
between the japanese government
and the Russian authorities as to the
disposition of the sums thus accumu
lated. The purpose of this provision
is to make it possible for the Jap
anese government to make adequate
compensation to such of the Japanese
fishermen as would find their prop
erty destroyed or injured during the
season by partisan bands, etc. The
amount thus involved during the sea-
son of 1921 was estimated at zoo, 900
yen, or about 100000, of which $780,
900 would thus be tied up, subject to
a disposition authorized by the Jap
anese government. The Japanese
Consul General at Vladivostok would
be empowered to make periodic
examination of the accounts con-
CerneQ with LneSe sums.
2The Russian authorities must
indicate the valuation of the various
fishing areas offered at the bids.
3--Navigation licenses and other
papers required by Article XI of the
by the various Russian consulates in
Japan, can now also be- issued by
Japanese authorities.
ATho Ioponosc lascnoc acnS1ira
the right to engage boats for the
service of group of areas issued
by them, either in their own name
or together with Russian, lessees; to
transfer their equipment from one
lease area to another at the expira-
tion of the lease and to leave their
own guards for the winter to guard
their shore property. To the first
two of these rights the Kolchak gov
ernment consented in the course Of
negotiations with the Japanese in
1919. The Japanese note states that
it merely reiterates the position thus
reached. With regard to the third,
according to the note, the Kolchak
government refused categorically to
grant its consent on the ground that
the exercise of that right on the part
of the Japanese would be tantamount
to Japanese colonization. The Jap
anese note considers such fears un-
founded and insists on the exercise
of the above right.
5--The Japanese acquire the right
of engaging in fishing in rivers,
bays, and inlets restricted by the
convention of 1907, except such To-
calities as are restricted anyway for
strategic or breeding purposes.
Threat Of War Linked
In Mikado's Demands
After enumerating these demands
the Japanese Consul General informed
the Russian authorities that the Japan
ese government was determined to put
them into operation, stating that, II
the case of refusal on the part of thu
Russians to accept the demands, "th'
Japanese government would be com
PEELED to take such measures as i
would consider necessary for ths de-
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
By Adachi Kinnosuke
s-ey;oan Correspondent of the
Toxic "Jiji'


DMIRAL BARON ToMosA-
BURo KATo, Japan's new
Premier, has been hailed as
the peace Premier" His ap-
..;,tment was acclaimed as a distinct
.;t,ery Of the peace party over the war
,..sx Of the empire. And yet, Admiral
gato is one of the master minds among
,ae naval lords of Nippon; he is an
,sinent militarist.
VIII then does the appointment OF
=. OF the ablest miiitarists of the
.ouutry to the premiership spell the
,,.sr defeat of miiitarist dominance
seer the destiny of Japan? But it is
enly an apparent paradox. No one, no
rovsr but great militarist can effect
,ysly smash a militarist caste in Japan
- anywhere else. Tokugawa Iyeyasu,
founder of the 250year peace of the
Tokugawa Shogunate, was a military
Genius: it was no gentle devotee of
psace who put Napolean on st. Helena
And at the present time, there is no
abler hand than that of Admiral Kato
10 deal effectively with the armed mas
,ers Of Japan of to-day.
Admiral Kato was leading Japanese
delegate at the Washington conference.
He is committed to carry out the
treaties, resolutions and declarations
which came out OF the Washington con-
ference, in letter and in spirit. And
as the world knows, one and all, they
deal Knockout blows at militarist
dominance of the foreign policies of
Japan. This is the reason given by the
foreign correspondents stationed at
Toxic for hailing the Cabinet of Ad-
miral Kato as the pledge of future
peace in the Pacific and the defeat of
the militarist party in Japan. This is
all right as far as it goes. But the
trouble is that it does not go far
enough.
For what does i profit the peace of
ihe Pacific if the Japanese navy were
tailored according to the letter and
spirit of the Washington conference
and the army of Japan (not exactly the
shyest violet in the field of Mars) were
left in all its pomp and power?
The zeal all-important meaning of
the coming of the Kato Cabinet seems
to have escaped the foreign observers
entirely. 1t is this: Admiral Kato
has made w his mind to cut down the
army ofJapan. And he has the power
the backing, the means to persuade the
var lords of Japan of the unwisdom OF
net minding the suggestions of Admiral
Kato and his Cabinet on this all-vital
point.
Admiral Kato is one of the few mer
power to-day in Toxic who both de
sire and can clip the eagle wings of tn,
military dictators of the foreign polio!
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ing in the mouths of rivers, in bays
and certain inlets.
The Kolchak government fell at the
beginning of 1920, and on February
"a, 1920, the Japanese Consul General
at Vladlvostok in q note addressed to
the Primorsk Zemstvo administration,
which was then in control of affairs at
Vladivostok announced that the Jap
anese government decided to take the
matter of safeguarding the interests of
its subjects engaged in fishing in the
Russian waters directly into its own
hands. In accordance with this de-
cision, he demanded from the Vladivo-
stok authorities that japanese fisher
men be left in undisturbed possession
OF 189 fishing areas which they held
under long g-term leases, and also of 11S
areas the leases to which expired in
1920 The payments for the leases
were to remain identical with those
which obtained during the preceding
year, and the sums thus collected would
be placed in the hands of the associa-
tion Of Japanese fishermen in Russian
waters, which would place them on de-
posit in a proper institution subject to
the order of the existing authorities
The note ended with the following
significant statement:
Thus, the above decision
Of the Japanese government does not
signify any intention on its part to
acquire new rights or interests and
does not permit the Japanese to en-
gage in fishing in such areas as have
not until now been under exploita-
ton. Moreover, it respects fully the
rights of Russians holding fishing
areas for exploitation.
This was the situation in 1920. A
year later, however, at the beginning
of 1921, the Japanese government de-
cided on a different policy. On Janu-
airy II, 1921, the Japanese Consul Gen
eral at Vladivostok presented to the
existing Russian authorities there a
note which defined, in five demands,
the policy which the Japanese govern
ment decided thenceforth to pursue
with regard to the Russian fisheries,
and this policy, even on the face of it.,
was very drastic one.
Drastic Policy Adopted
To Fit Needs of Nation
The reason assigned by the Japan
ese government for the drastic charac-
ter of the policy upon which it had de-
termined was that the Japanese fishing
interests had suffered grave injuries
during the preceding years because of
the disorganized state of affairs exist
ing in the Russian Far East. In view
of this, "the Japanese government. ex-
pecting no improvement in the situa-
tion in the near future" proposed the
following measures:
ALL payments for leases, whether
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w = HEN Admiral Kato, as the
IA new Prime Minister of
wv Japan, announced recently
The decisinra nf hic nnrorp
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Aboe )A cartoona of the
katO his
(right)-Uchdn Ministe
The beoo shoes the Premier ,heeIed
Premier 7akahah with in
House of Peers, longs ide
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u
That outraged the gentlemen of the
House of Peers. The upper house
fought the measures Of the Ito Cabinet
at every turn. This war ended in
the downfall of the Ito Cabinet in May,
1901. The peers wrecked the Yama-
moto Cabinet in 1914 because his naval
policy did not suit them; they wrecked
the Okuma Cabinet in 1916 over COM
paratively minor matter of sinking
fund.
Every politician, including Admiral
Kato, knows all this, and evidently the
Admiral acted according to the lights.
It has its dark side, this wedding Of
the Kato Cabinet with the House Of
Peers. 1t is not popular with the press;
it is sailing in the teeth of the ever
growing power Of public opinion in
Japan.
Practically every newspaper in the
country is criticizing the Kato Cabinet
as step back-a big step backward
in the journey of constitutional gov
ernment in Japan. From the party
government of Hara it has gone back
into the moldy shade OF reactionary,
bureaucratic regime-that is the bur-
den of the charge. That is what Kato
and everybody else expected the news
papers would say; there is nothing
striking or new in all this attack,
Whatever he might have done in the
selection of his Cabinet members, the
newspapers would have attacked him
That also is a matter of non
knowledge. 1t is quite fad nowadays
for the Japanese newspapers to be
"agin the administration" in every
thing.
Premier Obtains Aid
OF the Dominant Party
After wedding himself solidly with
Premier did not neglect the House of
Represe entatives. He made sure of the
support of the Seiyu party, the domi-
nant party in the lower house with an
overwhelming majority. And he hac
no trouble in doing so. In the first
place the Admiral in continuing the
policy of the Seiyukai Cabinet of Mr.
Hara and of Takahashi in many direc
tions, notably in it's foreign policy and
in bringing the fruits OF the Washing
ton conference to happy consumma
tion. The Seiyukai men themselves
take this view. At one time there wa:
talk of Mr.. Tokonami, former Home
Minister and a leader of the Seiyuai
remaining with the Kato regime. The
leaders of the Seiyukai have declared
publicly and more than once that they
are ready and willing to give hearty
support to the Kato Cabinet and con.
Linue most friendly relations with it
The Seiyukai is likely to do this
To antagonize the Katc. regime mean!
to lose the support of dominant ele
ments in the House of Peers For as
| has been already made clear, no
only the Kenkyukai, the majority par
ty in the House of Peers, but also an
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After he made up his mind to accept
the portfolio his first step was to
marry himself to the mightiest political
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all he wished was to round out his
life of service. to the state as a navy
man.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
By Leo Pasvolsky
WASHINGTON, July 22

wv y HEN Admiral Kato, as the
IA new Prime Minister of
Wv Japan, announced recently
the decision of his govern
nent to undertake Immediately the
withdrawal of the. Japanese troops
from Siberia, he was, no doubt, in
huehced In making this action so soon
s@'er MS assumption of that high post
ny MS experience here as the head of
the japanese delegation to the Wash
n'e'oh conference. During his stay here,
: u'e new Prime Minister indicated on a
hlnoer OF occasions that he was gen
ssaiy In favor of such policy on the
spa'' Oh MS government. He had ample
opportunity, besides, 10 observe what
the general attitude in the United
s'd'es is toward the whole question of
'he Japanese military operations in
the husslsn Far East. And since it is
4aN to assume that the Admiral. as
ene OF the principal signatories to the
aeslies worked out by the Washing
'oh conference, expects to make a
'siOse rapprochement with the United
's'a'es one Of the bases of his foreign
fVicy' there seems no doubt that so
sai1y an action in the Siberian mat
'sf has been in Difference to the Ameri-
'"n leeiing on the question.
mo cable dispatches from Toxic in
'A'eate that the Kato Ministry is not
prepared, however, to go beyond the
f'Silion stated in the declaration read
"''o the records of the Washington
0'iefchce by Baron Shidehara in the
sa'he OF the Kato delegation. In this
essfauon the Japanese government
Aaeilook, at the earliest opportunity,
"itnoraw its troops from the City
'aolVostok and from other portions
the Primorsk, or maritime province
oioeria, only. 1t is these troops
ffemler Kato now promises to
'Au1aw' Yet the really important
,Aase OF the situation lies in the
paheSe occupation of the island of
n. "'iih and of the mouth of the Amur
M NJ The Japanese position in
rasnington and, apparently, Premier
oS position to-day is that these
!. Of Siberia the Japanese are
time. '''e piese"'
y. nnsaoing of Statement
o'sposed of Russia
j.. "e conferences disposed of that por-
s;s a % ITS agenda which referred to
rees.a oy merely reading into its
s,;sS u TWO statements ON the ques-
49,, The first was an Official
vs.a, s'ssion on the part of Japan, in
.,.. solemn promise was made to
saate ereEtualIv 4be p,.s;,r +n-r;
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"His-s-s-sl This is fun being a
policeman" Kissed Black Snake, as he
wriggled past Jack and Janet.
The Kindly Captain and the orphans
were surprised when they saw the
rats. 81 wonder what is soaring those
rats" said the Kindly Captain. He
couldn't see Black Snake, as Black
Snake was a Slumber Sprite, like
Jack and Janet, the chipmucks, Sleepy
Woodchuck, and Colonel Creaker.
AS the rats darted down into the
hold, with Black Snake after them,
the Kindly Captain rubbed his hand
over his face.
81 forgot my razor in the excitement
of leaving" he said. "By the time we
reach Egypt l will have whiskers."
Jack and Janet thought it would be
a long while before they reached
Egypt, if, in the meantime, the cap
tain would be able to grow whiskers.
Il wish we were there now" said
Jack. Sleepy W~oodchuck chuckled.
Have you forgotten the way l told
you to make time fy?" he said. "You
are Slumber Sprites. All you have to
do is to close your eyes and wish"
Jack and Janet scarcely believe
what Sleepy Woodchuck told them,
but they thought it would be fun to
try what he said.
They close their eyes and wished
they were in Egypt.
Nothing seemed to happen, but of a
sudden the wind became very warm.
They opened their eyes, and to their
establishment found they were sailing
along a broad river. On the banks
grew palm trees, such as they had
seen in pictures. ~Odd-looking boats
sailed past them, steered by black sail
ors. They had reached a foreign land.
Beside them On the dock stood a
whiskered man with two strong and
plump children.
Didn't / tell you / would have
whiskers by the time we reached
Egypt and hat you would be strong
and plump" Thus spoke the man,
and from his voice Jack and Janet
knew he was the Kindly Captain. The
children were the two orphans.
Out of the hold of the ship stagger-
ed a thin and shaking Old Gray Rat.
After him wobbied the other rats OF
his gang, all run to skin and bones.
Following them, kissing and as pert
as ever, was Black Snake.
"Eek!" / am glad we have reached
Egypt" painted Old Gray Rat. Nov
we can escape to shore and get rest
and food. That snake has chased us
all across the ocean, giving us no time
to sleep or eat!"
Jack and Janet looked at each other
in wonderment. Where had the time
gone to when they had closed their
eyes?
Egypt" gasped Janet. I'VE have
reached Egypt"
(How they meet the Hungry Croco-
die will be told Friday.)
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BOARD OF REGISTRATION
NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Board of Registration for the
Third Representative District, Terri
tory of Hawaii, will sit at the Office
of the County Clerk, County of Maui,
in Waikiki County, aforesaid, be
tween the hours of 9 A. NJ, and A p.
r., on " ednesday, March Is, 1922.
and Between the hours of 8 A. NJ.
and 5 p, NJ, on Friday, March "a,
and Saturday, March 2!, 1922, for the
purpose of hearing and determining
all appeals from rulings of the County
Clerk aforesaid, and to order such
changes or corrections made in the
General County Register of said
County, as said Board may be direct
ed or authorized by law to make.
Dated at Wailuku, Maui, this LIST
day of March, 1922.
Board of Registration for the Third
Representative District, Territory
of Hawaii.
(By) MANUEL G. ROSS,
Chairman of said Board,
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1t has been definitely decided t
work on the Hamoa plantation
and to dispose of the mill and other
plantation property.