§ 3. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to make any further statement regarding the position in Eastern Siberia and the Maritime Province; whether an elected Government is established in this area or in Vladivostok; and, if so, what are its relations with His Majesty's Government and the Japanese Government?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe answer to the first part of the question is that Nikolaevsk has been occupied by Japanese forces; otherwise no internal change has taken place in the situation. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the last part of the question, the relations between the local Government and His Majesty's Consul at Vladivostok 218 are of an unofficial nature; I understand that its relations with the Japanese Government are of the same kind, though I have no very definite information on this point.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWhen will this House be informed of the whole policy of our Japanese Allies, in view of the great importance to trades and to the Empire?