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Show J Large War Debt to Americans, j j English and Japanese to ! j 1 Be Considered. & i TOKIO, Feb. 16. (Correspondence !)) !j of tho Associated Press,) Viscount '. M j Motono, the foreign minister, at a rffl; 1 1 meeting of tlie general budget com- fl I mltteo of the house of peers today, was fj asked whether America was attompt- jTHi ' 1 ing to gain special rights in Russia, UJ; I such as the transfer of the peninsula jr of Kamchatka, across the Bering sea fi : from Alaska. W i i 'It is true," he said, "that Ameri- ! i j cans aro active in Russia and not only jr they, but the Japanese and English as j well. I do not care to say anything in Q concrete form now, except that the (j, i transfer of Kamchatka is not recog- a nized as a fact by the government." jl Viscount Morono said that the quos- I tion of Russia's large obligation to I I Japan was very important as Russia i owes somo 22,000,000 yen for arms, ammunition and other supplies. Tho .j government was paying full attention if J to the matter but ?s the present gov- 1 M ernment in Russia is not recognized by II j tho powers, he declared it was not H proper to discuss it' now. At a suitable W opportunity, he added, Japan would 1 take measures in concert with the in-n in-n ! terested parties. |