The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-27
JAPANESE CRII1ClSE !. !.
OWN SIBERIAN POLICY
/ \ in FACE Of MISTAKES
Reported Red Massacres We're
J. I. Result Of M \ ! !.
~ j Errors, It Il Said y y. d:
/. BY Henry w. Kinney
Press Correspondent !

( Tokyo. CBy Mail )-Thes news
which has been received in TOKYO
q,of the, alleged cold blooded murde q
rby bolsheviks of practically the en-
tire Japanese population Of Nikolaesk
mas stirred public sentiment mole
strongly than has any other event IN
Siberia heretofore. ,>.l5y..l -.
Sys Several months ago 2 large numb
sf se OF Russians, together with some
Chinese and Koreans, attacked: the
small Japanese garrison, which aao
4 been cut of from communication
with the main forces, by both lanu
and sea, by snow and Ice = news
reach ed Tokyo, that the. soldiers na9 !.
been wiped out to the last man, anu
that. while many Of the CIVILIAN jap
anese had been killed also, still iSV
i remained as prisoners in the nanas
bof the Reds. /; ~, 3s:5s< r. TX -,
Z ,'tsRelief expeditions were sent imme-
sdiatelv by land and sea to Nlkolaesk
Mt owing to the ice, they did not
!: reach their. objective until a. re"
I dsvs ago. They found the town IN
ashes. the Reus having fired IL De-
Tore retreating in the hills on tne
.annroach Of; the Japanese forces. =
WAS also found that: the entire group
,of x(fisoners, men, women anu 49,
sde.l, had been butchered' WIN 80
* 'ception of ten women: VINO W.
married to Russians. EvlaenS ;':,,'.
not wanting to show that tne ILLS a,Iar
man been carried out with conslue.
Z a i,Ia wanton cruelty. 1T also appear
e. that the massacre took place On
NJ 81. lust as the japanese were
-aaring' the town The japanese
\ tHrces are now pursuing the 'Bolsne-
.viks.s~, but there is little chance y
- air heing able to catch up WIN
them owing to the rigor OF the Gil
N ate ana the roughness' OF the coon-
d 'fy 'A.nother point about the AFFAIR
g,xvtich, may. lead to yconslderap4e
q :+,o,,hle is the report that Cnlngse
5 G,,nhoat which was anchored IN inc
! r;ver ~ the town, assisted tne ne ~
wv firing on the japanese WIN Haen
~ 4pnns. The Foreign office states
.4no+;t "a having careful 1nvestlss-
40. ,;;.de into this phase OF tne a. y.
fair. which, will, OF conlse' rh;na #
d;nlomatic difficulties VIII s,,hstan-
The reports are su11lcleneiS s
tiated. O. nhase of the
/ ), after at present is the enec' ,"on1e
~ is having on the japanese i p
30 shown. by the press. "Ine oi IN
:as, mai has ever been decldeaay s,; 80
S cann,ar' the people at large 1eei nnS
W. ereat sums. of money anu n.y. 49,,
-, liz ware being wasted tor no pu af
nso orcent possible EXPLOITATION -.
P Rose,; ~ Japanese capitalists: ~
epo sat4er 81 fact, the criticism OF tnS
a..ana;rn and the general oelta en,.
ca n;ah Pas been made in the past ~,
I w M.Sdraw wal of the. troops has peen, "a a
;I,ws ls illustration of the extent ~
]. 81 the rnilitarists,> once so pow,
WIZ sSara iost their hold on the popu-
1ation. ,;to,aesk massa-
n 5t5E. 10 - ~ a great extent changeu
~ - though, it.. is signincant an "a
na.' +ha newspapers which oenIanu
esen roe mo often. add strong cTl3iclan
of the War d department, Sn - at,on al
claim, should either navs sL - u mo-
Il Nikolaesk forces sV una r.4h - TACT
Got the place, in view q: ~. sn .e.+s Il
+hat It is isolated from LIZ l'V.,ter or
tha world during the Wiz
.hon1d have moved out the 11pS ;nter
snSahitants therefrom before "'n 'N
set in, o,, :, continue to call
+ ~ s w;thdrawa1, as for instance az
1 ~; ! great Tokyo daily, Wnlcn ~
i -. 800 nat Japan has ALREADY spn
u.o,,+ s35O.OO0,00O;o on her' sios 800 -
a'ses y provoktng, the e eosntry
most ssfs SHOULD sssss erect
tensive withdrawn an. anu R 1,as and
the rese 1Sn saso e ens 81 the POW
ors';; argues tile Jill. H.
er1 The opposite view Is ::,,. hSwe Ge1.
=; taken y many papers "lt.'ns co ~,