All Unity’s proposals for a peaceful settlement of the issue were ignored by the Japanese side. Official Tokyo also refused to discuss the status of South Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the ports of Dalny and Port Arthur. Under these circumstances, the TAR R is authorized to declare that beginning at 00:00 on August 3, 1921, the Imperial Unity of Russia and the Romei is at war with the Empire of Japan. Our cause is just; the enemy will be defeated; victory will be ours.