New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
Reinforcements ON WAY in
Preparation for Eventual
Advance of Bolsheviki
in the lrkutsk Region
MAY Be Replacement Unit
Army Of Deserters and Rev.
oIutionary Socialists Now
Conf rOnts Admiral

PARIS. Dec. S0.-The latest adyices
received in French official circles from
Sberia ind that the forces operat-
Inc against Admiral Kolchak in the re-
H;on Of Irkutsk are not Soviet troops,
but revolutionary Socialists and de-
serters from the Kolchak armies.
The japanese, who have had bat
,aGsn at lrkutsk. are ending reinforce
ments in preparation for the eventual
sdyarce o. tire Bolshcviki. who are
: srrposed TO be still a cons de rablc dis
tance west of lrkutsA.
WASHINGTON, Dee. s0.-Japanese
.roous ncw being sent into Siberia arc
bs,iered q the State Department to be
laree'y replacement units. 1t was said
oScially ..at 70 new agreement relat-
;ne to Increasing the size of the Jap
.rese army in Siberia has been reached
negotiations on this question still
being in progress.
Some Of the new forces now going in
from Japan. officials said. probably will
be used .to reinforce some outposts
which arS threatened by superior Boil
shevik forces. It was declared, now
ever. that Japan was not undertaking
sny aggressive movement.
The Czecho-Slovak forces. to the aid
Of which he joint Allied military ex-
pediton was dispatched, soon Will be
reaev - leave { = home via Nladivo-
stok They viii be brought across the
Pacific in American transports. but
whether they win cross the continent
through the United States or Canada
remains t. be determ ned
Replying I suggestions that with
the return OF the Czechs it would be
possible 10 withdraw the American
forces from Siberia. officials said that
the American railway mission still
would remain to direct the operation
a military guard for the road would
be necessary for the present al least
The Amer. can force numbers about
1000 men. made up of volunteers re-
cruited since. the armistce to replace
the seectiYe service men .rst sent
into Siberia.
LONDON. Dec 30-It was learned
to-day from Japanese sources in Lon
don that no decision has vet been
reached between Japan and the United
States regarding he future policy 70
be carried ont in Siberia consequent on
Admiral kolchak's 5 retreat The views
Of the Japanese government. It was as
serted. have been fully communicated
to the Washington government, and
the British gcvernment has been mott
fled that pourparlers have begun.
Japan i; was stated. is determined
to arre Tho blow OF the Bolsheviki
toward lc0HH and must therefore re-
view the whole situation in Siberia.
She Is prepared. if necessary, 10 in
crease her forces in Siberia, but will
act only in cooperation with her al
lies
1t was also said to-day that all ar
rangements had been concluded be-
tween the British. French and Japan
ese governments for the repatriation
Of the Czecho-Slovak troops concen-
tratej near Vladivostok
wireless dispatch from the Soviet
government at Moscow asserts that the
ministers of Admiral Kolchak, head of
the Al-Rr sian government, were
killed when the train or wh .ch they
depar- cd from Omsk left the rails and
ran down slope.
[Omsk has been in the hands Of the
Bolshevihi since mid Novenlh her. 1t may
be thst Tomsk which recently WAS cap
turei ny the Reds" is referred to in
the foregoing The whereabouts of at
least two ministers of the Ko,chak
government. however, has been re-
ported since the fall Of Tcmsk Paris
advices of December q said that Pre-
nier Pepeliaf was on his way westward
from lrkutsk to meet Admiral kol-
chak a0d that NJ. Tretiakon. Minister
Of Foreign Affairs, had left Ir,<utsk to
meet the Cossack leader, General Sc
menoff. IN t.e Baikal region.
Fierce fighting in the Narva region,