The Washington herald., 1918-07-28

resigned. says a vladivostok dispatch
to the Times.
The government referred to is prob
ably that recently set up by Gen.
Horvath. A London dispatch last
night said the Provisional government
at Omsk has assumed supreme
authority in Siberia and proclaimed
Siberia's Independence, according to a
Reuter- dispatch from Peking under
date OF Tuesday. The Provisional
government has annulled all Bolshe-
visit DEGREES and reestablished the ST.
berian Duma.
State Department officials yesterday
branded as false and inspired dis
patches sent here from London in
dicating that a movement Of Japan
ese forces into Siberia had already
begun. The information alleged that
the Japanese advance was being made
in compliance with an agreement ap-
proved by the United States and
Great Britain.
"All such reports must be regarded
as German propaganda, intended to
infiame the Russian people against
Japan, the United States and the en-
tente powers" said a representative
of the administration. President
Wilson is now endeavoring to solve
the problem of how best to aid Rus
sia.. The plan will not be announced
until every. possible assurances has
been obtained that II Is acceptable
to a representative element Of the
Russian people"
Must Not Leave Russia.
DR.. T. @. Mazaryk, commander-in-
chief OF the Czecho-Slovak forces in
Siberia. who Is now In Washington.
announced yesterday he had cabled
his leaders to abandon all thought of
leaving Russia for the Western front.
The message was sent after frequent
conferences between DR.. MaZaryk and
State Department officials. and a
visit to the White House.
The significance of this action Is
that 1t contradicts the propaganda
which has endeavored to show that
the allies and the United States have
been planning military operations on
vast scale in Russia. TIE Czecho-
Slovaks have stipulated that they
will not participate in any general
armed movement against the Russian
people.
The activities which have placed the
Czecho-Slovak army in control of the
Trans Siberian Railroad and of con-
siderable areas in Siberia were pure
ly defensive against political factions
under the influence of German lead
ers, 1t is asserted.
Reports made public from diplo-
matte representatives of the United
States in Sweden lay bare Germany's
scheme for mastering and exploiting
Russia
The substance of these reports fol-
lows:
There can be no doubt of Ger
many's aspiration TO control the Rus
sian market and exploit Russian re-
sources. The German military and
political successes which have made 1t
possible for Germany to gain control
of the line OF provinces extending
from Finland down to the Ukraine
give her a free hand for commercial
operations in that territory. II per
mited to continue after the war, this
influence will effectually cut of from
the outside world the hinterland of
these provinces-eastern and interior
Russia. "
Russia will be forced to trade with
the outside world through Germany or
through German controlled states, the
former Russian provinces. At the
same time German enterprise will
not only exploit these controlled
states, but will also see to the ex-
ploitation of the interior Of Russia.
TN this way the whole Russian
Empire, at least the European part
of it, viii be at the commercial mercy
of Germany"
The government Of Sweden Is great
ly alarmed. over theSeommercial policy
Germany Is already planning 70 in
stitute in Finland, following the re-
cent military and political successes.
Here are excerpts from comment on
the peace treaty with Finland re-
ceived at the State Department
throuough unofficial channels:
For the Swedes and other countries
this means that in competition on the
Russian market German competition
will have to be reckoned with from
two quarters. F
"In the peace treaty 81 Is most In
teresting to note Germany's guarantee
that Finland's independence shall be
recognized by all powers, and the
pladge of that country not to cede
dhy RdAt VI eiditt any ptkhCtCo ~
any foreign power without Germany's
consent
surprised That Fins Accept
"It is said that the Germans
themselves have been quite surpris-
ed at the readiness of the Firms
to accept the conditions imposed and
that they would have been willing
to aeree to cert ain t1odifications II
is to be- hoped. however that the
price Of German help will not cost
the young state so much that 1t will
seriously depress theacountry's own
trade" $50
A great, mass Of information of
this character is now in the posses
sion of the Washington officials. and
has emphasized the necessity Of aid
ing Russish to throw on the German
yoke by conciIiatory methods rather
than risk policy which. might fur
stner cement existing ties