The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-04
No Troops of Entente Allies
Will Be Included In the
New Expedition
Later Will Aid Serbia17s

Washington Aug. 3-Official statements by the American
and Japanese governments made here tonight
the plans for extending military aid Russian Siberia will
be undertaken by the United States Japan alone with
other allied co-beligerents asserting in principle.
The United Safes and Japan each will "a few thou
sand men, to Vadivostok to act occupy
ing and safeguarding the city and protecting of the
westward moving Czecho-Slovak army.
The numbers of the American troops from where they
Will go and when may not be discussed.
While the United States and Japan extending aid
the CzechoSlovak in Siberia the United States will
tnue cooperate with the entente allies operating
mansk and Archange in the Arctic To what extent and what
will be to give such aid and protection possible the
forces against the armed body German and
Austrian prisoners of and to steady efforts self
government and sdefense in which the Russian themselves
may be willing to accept assistance
Later the United States will send commission of mer
agents Of the Y NJ c. A. to organize some way
to meet the economic necessities he stricken Serbian people
ment make the tspecfc pledges the agreed
being wholly without thought of interference with the
ternal affairs.
The japanese government at the same time pledges itself
that when the objects of the mission accomplished it will
withdraw every japanese soldier and the sovereignty
Russian unimpaired in all its phases.
result of the personal efforts of President Wilson who has
been at work almost increasingly for weeks bring the
on together in the most effective plan which at the
time will convince the Russian people that the aim purely
help them and develop their new found
The statement by the government to its and
extending military decOnOmc Russia
in the form Of the statement to the the American
Japanese action Siberia from the acting secretary of state
follows:
I'm the judgment the government the United States
judgment arrived at after repeated and searching
considerations whole situationmtary Intervention in
would likely add to the sad confusion there
and would njure Russia rather han help her
out of her distresses.
Such military Intervention has been most frequently
proposed supposng be efcacious in its object of
delivering attack upon Germany from the base would in
judgment be likely to turn to be merely method
or making of Russia than a method of serving her.
fIer people they profited by at ALL could not profit
by time deliver them from their desperate diff
fcues and their substance would meantime be used to
foreign armies reconsute their to feed
their and children We bending all our
energies the purpose the resoute and confident
pose of winning the 'front.' and would in the
Judgment of of the United States be most
unwise divide or dissipate our forces
Military for Protection.
the government of the United States the present
circumstances therefore, military action is admissible Rus
sa now only to protection and help possible
against the armed Austrian and German
prisoners who attacking them and steady efforts
selfQovenment or sedefense in which the Russians them
be willing to accept assistance whether from
Vadvostok Murmansk and Archange the OBJ
ject for which American will be employed will be to
guard military which substantially be needed by
render such aid be acceptable to
with such objectves in view. the government of the
limited States cooperating with the governments of
France and Britain in the neighborhood of Murmansk
and Archange The United States and Japan the only
mowers which position act in Siberia with