Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-29

close attention TO Japanese relations
and Jnpans general policy in the Far
East because OF the effect on the questions
! involved of the recent withdrawal oil
| American troops from Siberia, the sigh
ing Of the consortium. relative To Chinese
| financial aid. the assumption of control
of the Chinese Eastern Railroad by the
Japanese and the Japanese occupation OF
Nortl lem Saghalin and the greater portion
of the maritime province of Siberia,
Secretary. Colby has conferred with
| Sir Auckland Geddes, the British Am
hassador here, who brought into the
conference Sir Beilby Aston, British
| Ambassador TO Japan, who is return
| ing TO London ON leave. Sir Beilby
! was in position to give MIR. Colby
the latest information from the Jap
anese capital, supplementing the views
| of Roland Morris, The Amer lean Ambassa-
| for to Toxic, who is home on leave of
absence
| British interesc,s in China and Japan
are regarded here as parallelling to
some extent those of America, because
| of the large business transactions between
those countries and the British Domlnions
of Canada and Australia, as well as the
common desire of the Colonial Govern
ments and California and other Pacific
Coast States to find some solution OF the
problem of Oriental labor.
The solution of this problem by the
| British Government, in the opinion
here, is made more complex by reason
of the existence of the Anglo-Japanese
treaty, which recently was renewed
for one year
Changes in the status of the Chinese
Eastern Railroad have been closely
=. baI S5Dnn this limo tho
most valuble branch Of the Siberian
Railroad and affords the only practicable
communication between the interior of
Siberia and Vladivostok, both the
United States and Cheat Britain are
understood to desire that its international
character be preserved TO assure the main
tenance of the open door.
As TO the Japanese occupation OF
Saghalin, the United States is known
to be reluctant to concur in this move.
A dispatch from Toxic said that the
Nichi Nichi, a newspaper there, bad
published n statement that the japanese
Government had received an inquiry
partalipg of the nature of protest from
"a certain country in connection with the
intention Of Japan to occupy this portion
of SlbeIia
State Department officials would neither
affirm nor deny that the country referred
10 was the United States, but the general
understanding of those in close touch
with the situation was that it was the
United States.
What purports to be copy of a
dispatch sent by the Commander in
Chief Of The Japanese forces in Siberia
TO the JapaneselAIinister Of War came
TO light, here today. 1t was dated July
and said:
1T is my intention to seize imme-
diately the whole of the territory up
TO line drawn west of Baikal. $50 miles,
including in the occupation the Manchu-
rian concession zone 1t will take about
a month to complete the occupation.
When the occupation has been made,
Japan will be able 10 control the forma-
tion OF new government.
The Commander in Chief requests
that notification OF his action be COM
municated to the powers and that the
result of the notification be communicated
10 him at an early date