Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-04
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a commission of merchants, agricul- tuIal experts, labor advisors. Red l Cross representative and agents ci the Y. M. c. A.
 B7th lIe United States and Japan. in the official announcements, make the most specific pledges of the ac- ;ion agreed upon. being wholly wiru- out thought of interference with tle sovereignty of Russia or any interler- ence whatever in her internal affairs. The Japanese government at the same time pledges itsei3 that when the objects of the mission are accomp- l lished it will withdraw every Japanese soldier and leave the sovereignty of Russia unimpaired in all it's phases. The agreement tO which all the gl- lies assent is largely the result of 1 the personal efforts of President Will l son, who has been at worl, almost Un- ceasiRgly for weeks to bring the na- 1 tiOns together in the most effective ! plan which at the same time will con- vince the Russian people that the ain was purely to help them preserve and develop their new found demOcracy. 1 The statement by the government to | the press on the American-Japanese action in Siberia from the acting see retary of state follows:
 "In the judgment of the government Of the United States-a iudgment ar rived at after repeated and very searching considerations Of the whole situation military intervention in Russa would he more likely to add 10 l the present sad confusion there than ! to cure it. and would injure Russia rather than help her out of her dis ! tresses. Such military intervention as has been most frequently proposed, i even supposing it to be efficient in its l immediate object Of delivering an at- l tack upon Germany from the east, would in its judgment. ba more like | lv to turn out to be merely a method
 Of making use of Russia than 10 be |a method cf serving her. Her people. ! if they profited by it at all. could not prcfit hv # in time 10 deliver them ] from their present desperate difficul-
 ties RDd their substance would mean 1 time be used to maintain foreign arm 1 ics. not 10 recOnstitute their own or Co feed their own men, women and { children. We are bending an our en- ! ergies now tC the purpose. the TesO ute
 
 l the western front and it would be m lthe judgment of the government O. the 1 United States he nose unwise to di-
 vide or dissipate our forces.
 As the government Of the United States sees the present circumstances, 1 therefore military action is admissible
 in Russia now only to render such
 protection and help 2s is possible 10
 the CZech0- -Slovaks against the armed
 Austrian and German prisoners who are attacking them and to steady any
 efforts of self government or self de-
 fense in which the Russians them
 selves may be willing to accept as sistance. Whether from VladivOs-
 tok or from Murmansk and Archangel. the only present object for which the American troops will be employed will
 be Co guard military stores which maj subsequently be needed by Russian ! icrCe5 and to render such aid as may . De acceptable to the Russians in the ] organization of their own self defense. l " i.n. such objects in -yievN tlse gov 1 eTEwent of the United States is now cooperating with the governments oi
 tTauc1 and Great Britain in the neigh ! bOIh-Cd Of Murmansk and Archangal.
 'The United States and Japan are the only powers which are just now in 9 position to act in Siberia in sui
 ficient force to accomplish even such modest objects as those that have keen outlined. The government of the United States has, therefore, proposed to the government of Japan that each of the two governments send a force Of
 a few thousand men to VladivistOk,
 with the purpose of cooperating as a
 single force in the occupation of Vladi- vostOk, with the purpose of cO-OperaJ- ing as a single force in the Occupa-
 tion of Vladivostok and in safeguard
 ing, so far as it may, the country to
 the rear CT the westward moving Czecho-Slovaks and the Japanese gov
 ernment has consented.
 Tn taking this action the govern lment of the United States wishes to
 announce to the people of Russia m the most public and solemn manner
 that it cOntemDlates no interference
 with the political sovereignty of Rus sia, no intervention in her internal ai-
 fairs-not even in the local affairs of the limited areas which her military forces may be obliged to occupy-and ] no impairment Of her terrltorlal lnteg-
 rity either now or hereafter but that
 what we are about to do has as it's
 single and only object the rendering
 of such aid as shall be acceptable 10
 the Russian people themselves in their ! endeavors to regain control of their
 own affairs. their own territory and
 their own destiny The Japanese gov ernment. it is understood will issue a ] similar assurance.
 These plans and nurDoses of the i government Of the United States have 1 been communicated tO the govern ment or Great Britain, France and Italy and those governments have ad- vised the department of state that ! they assent to them in principle No