JAPANESE TROOPS.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1921, Page 5

JAPANESE TROOPS.

MOVING FROM SAGHALIEN. By Telegraph.—Pres« Assn—Copyright. Tokio, March 24. The War Office has issued a statement that in accordance with last year’s declarations Japan h|as decided soon to station the troops at present maintained in Saghalien, including Nikolaievsk, in other important districts, in tlie hope of maintaining peace and -order and restoring cml administration. Russian residents in the region have been requested to co-operate.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPANESE BUDGET. NAVAL CONTROL OF PACIFIC. Tokio, March 25. The Diet has adopted the Budget, to which they attached a resolution warning the nation that public discipline generally was deteriorating thro-ugih the growing difficulty of making a living, which was due -to Government maladministration. The Budget Committee in the House of Representatives brought n,p reports regarding the concentration of United States naval power in the Pacific. An interpellator expressed 4ute opinion that, if the report was true, it was the duty of tJhe naval authorities to study a counter-policy. Count Kato replied that the rumor had not been verified and there was every reason to believe it was groundless but, even if true, the question was of such grave diplomatic im,pont that discussion would be undesirable.