Japan therefore intimated to Chita
that should the basis agreement be concluded within a reasonable
period these troops would be immediately withdrawn, and proposed
the signature of the agreement by the middle of April, so that
the preparations for the relief of the said division might be
dispensed with. Thereupon Chita not only proposed the immediate
despatch of Chita troops to Vladivostok without waiting for the
withdrawal of the Japanese troops, but urged that Japan should
fix a tine-limit for the complete withdrawal of all her troops.
Japan informed Chita that the withdrawal would be carried out
within a short period after the conclusion of the detailed
arrangements, giving a definite period as desired, and at the
same time she proposed the signing of the agreement drawn up by
Japan.
Whereas Japan thus throughout the negotiations maintained a
sincere and conciliatory attitude, the Chita delegates entirely
ignored the spirit in which she offered concessions and brought
up one demand after another, thereby trying to gain time. Not
only did they refuse to entertain the Japanese proposals, but
declared that they would drop the negotiations and return to
Chita immediately. The only conclusion from this attitude of the
Chita Government is that they lacked a sincere effort to bring
the negotiations to fruition, and the Japanese Government
instructed its delegates to quit Dairen.
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