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Show SOVIET GRANTS OF LAND CAUSE lino fill .Viscount Uchida Sas Dis advantage Might Follow j Concessions to Van rierlip TQKiO, Dee -I By the Associated Associat-ed Pres.s) Concessions In Kamchatka Kamchat-ka granted h Waahlngtan l. Vander-llp, Vander-llp, of California, hy the Russian government gov-ernment might proVe S serious dlsad-' dlsad-' 'antnge lo Japan. Viscount Uchida, .1 ipanese foreign minister, told a deputation depu-tation of llii opposition parly- which lslr-'d lilm lodax . He pointed OUt, however that the I'ul'.ed States had not recognized the contract because America had DOt reCOgnlMd the BOVlei government The deputation also uucstloned the ministers of war und navy, and hoth replied that, If reports concerning the concessions were true the situation held a menace to Japan from the viewpoint view-point of defense, but declined to express ex-press any further opinion ln the absence ab-sence if confirmation of these reports. J VlSCOUflt t'chlda also Informed the1 deputation that although the league of I nations had admitted in principle the : right of Australia to mandates over ls- l&nds In the Pacific. Japan had declared de-clared her intention to Insist upon the principle of equal opportunity and WOUld continue l o maintain this attitude. atti-tude. He declared, however, hn was unable to forecast the future Issue of1 the question. |