Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-20
|DE TAILS ARE GIVEN
OF COUP IN SIBERIA
Certain Incidents Omitted
From Official Report by
Japanese.
BY JUNIUS n. WOOD.
, BY Wireless to The star and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright. 1920.


!: vLADIvoSToK, Siberia, April
delayed incidents are
omitted from the Japanese official en-
PLANTATION that Russian sniping and
Smelling at 1915 Sunday night
caused the Japanese suddenly to cap
ture the city with a considerable loss
! of Russian lives
1 Before 10 o'clock the Japanese had
| seized the railroad station and visited
/. the portion of the British mission
building occupied by the Russians.
japanese civilians left the rural dis
/ tricts several days previously. sand
! bags were stored. machine guns were
! placed to sweep buildings occupied
! by the reds. signal lights We're placed
10" the hi1ltops and troops distributed
all of which preparation could no.
! be made instantly.
/ Ordered mt 4 O'Clock in Morning.
The japanese publicity bureaus Of
/ fetal statement is that the order TO
| disarm the Russians was given at
! able force of Japanese was stationed
! IN the japanese Red Cross building in
| The interallied compound. The nrsl
/ shots in the compound We're f1red at J
| o'clock in the morning when the
Japanese soldiers turned their ma
!
sian soldiers. Though the Russians
did not reply. the machine guns con-
tined to fire on Russian ana Czech
| soldiers. and even on women happen :
| ing to appea on the open spaces OF
the compound. Crowds were in front
! of the building where the prisoners
! were confined in the morning.
Gen. Inagski. chief of the Japanese
staff informed American officers that
all the prisoners eventually would be
| released Many Korean refugees in
! Siberia, past offenders against the
Russian political prisoners of the tor-
mer government were set free.
The action of the Zemstvo in naming
Gen. Baldyreff military conp9ander IN
place of Comrade krakoveesky. the
first appointment of the local govern
nation of buffer state In the far
cast between the bolsheviki of Euro
pean Russia and imperialistic Japan
The government of such state would
be social democratic in form. either
under a Moscow or Japanese pro-
local conditions indicate japanese
control. with a possibility that other
nations may be interested.
ResiEnatioa Unexplained.
No explanation is given of Krako-
vetsky's sudden resignation. Gen.
Baldyreff. was a former member of
the Ufa.Samara- Ekaterineburg direc-
torate Prior to the kolchak coup he
sought refuge in Japan. returning to
Russia recently. When it was report
ed that his appointment was dictated
by the Japanese military. he issued q
public statement Affirming his loyalty
to the ideals of the Russian people.
Recent events have united all classes
in Siberia in a, determination to Sc
cure a government which will be able
to stand without interference from
foreign military forces. Word as to
what action other nations will take
as a result of the sudden display of
force by the japanese military is
eagerly awaited by the Russians.
Since their drastic measures in dis
arming the Russian military the Japa-
nese have avoided the appearance Of
interfering in civil affairs. in accord
ance with their announced policy. So
far the local newspapers have not
been prevented from printing severe
criticisms OF the Japanese actions and
statements that the Japanese caused
an unnecessary loss OF life. despite all
their promises that no trouble was
impending. More restrictions are i'm
posed on news reports sent to the out
side world. The Russians censor ca
BILE dispatches here and the Japanese
censor them again when they cross
their country.