Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19
HINT FOR LOAN
MADE BY JAPAN
Hold Army, Ready to En-
ter Siberia, Pend
ing Appeal E.
RUSSIA OPPOSES PLAN
Senator Lewis Promises Pres
ident Will Publicly Declare
Stand on Situation
RUSSIA OPPOSES PLAN

Toxic, March 10.
Matzulsata and others Of the elder
statesmen are about to confer at To.
kio on q settlement Of the long-stand.
ing agitation for the removal Of the
Terauchi cabinet, whose resignation
Is expected at an early date. The
various parties are maneuvering for
sible. The Siberian question Is i'm
ment.
Washington. March 10.
The Japanese embassy. in announce
ing that no decision had been
reached in Toxic on the contemplated
intervention in Siberia. said that
Japan still is giving the most careful
consideration to the fundamental"
questions involved, which do not re-
late TO expediency, but to the vital in
terests of Japan, of the Allies and OF
Russia
Although Japan has not approached
the United States Government con-
cerning financial assistance. In the
event the Toxic Government decides to
occupy eastern Siberia, II was learned
in an authoritative quarter that she
would expect to receive loans from
the American Treasury to cover her
war purchases in this country.
As President Wilson is opposed to
Japanese or any other intervention in
Siberia. II was considered doubtful
II this Government would feel justified
in assisting Japan to make effective
her intervention. 1t was believed In
well-informed circles that the possi-
bic denial of material support by the
United States Is largely responsible
for the delay in announcing a decision
at Toxic.
Would Need Funds
Japan, it was learned. would not i'm.
mediately need financial aid from this
country, but if the occupation should
take place in large force and complica-
tons, including an uprising of the
Russian people against the invasion
should take place. there was believed
10 be a probability that Japan would
be compelled to call upon the Allies
and America for assistance in pro.
visioning and maintaining her army
in Siberia.
After a call at the White House to.
day Senator Lewis, of Illinois, the
Democratic whip of the Senate, indi.
Gated his belief that President Wilson
soon the attitude Of the Government
toward the Russian situation. He said
1t was safe to say the President would
fulfill his promise that there would be
no secret diplomacy.
A statement issued today by Boris
Bakhmeteff, the Russian ambassador
appointed by Kerensky, indicated that
Russian diplomats finally have reached
conclusions which are hostile to
Japanese Intervention, although that
subject was not specifically mentioned
in the formal statement.
The ambassador asserted that the
liberation of Russia from the violent
peace which threatened both the dis.
ruption of the country and the extinc.
ton of the hope Of freedom was ICON.
ceivabe only with the cooperation
and direct support Of the Allies" but
in Russian diplomatic circles II was
asserted that the direct support" did
not contemplate Japanese interven.
ton.
United States Aids Inspiration
That such intervention really was
not in the mind of the ambassador
was believed further to have been
manifested by his concluding words.
to the effect that the embassy had
found inspiration and confidence in
the attitude and assistance of the
United States.
This statement was the first author.
lied by Ambassador Bakhmeteff since
the rise of the Bolsheviki to power
when he denounced them and their nro.
gram. 1t indicated that the diplomatic
representatives of the Kerensky govern
ment have not entirely lost hope.
The statement was thought to indl.
cate also that the assistance desired by
Russians is not foreign Intervention
such as Japan contemplates. but encour.
agement and material assistance, which
would have to be given either in 81.
IBERIA or in the Caucausus. where gov.
ernment and army do not recognize the
Bolshevik peace. or both.