The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-02-11
JAPS VIEW WAR
TO CRUSH RED IN
FAR EAST SURE
BOlshevist Wave Seen En-
quilting Siberia and
North China.
NO TERRITORY DESIRE
Would Have Taken Land
Before if Wished To,
Premier Says.
"ALLIES JUST WAKING UP"
Military Chiefs in Toxic Say
They Long Urged Action
Now Unavoidable.

By Std6 Correspondent Of THH Sun AND
New YoRK HERALD.
! Copyright. 1890, BY The Sun AND NEW York
HERALD.
TOXIC. Feb. (delayed), - Japan
faces the prospect of having a most
unwelcome and costly war thrust upon
her now that the rest of the Allies
begin to show signs of finally recog-
nizing the true state Of affairs in ST.
IBERIA.
Despite the fact that Japanese mill
tary leaders have long advocated
more vigorous action and have re-
peatedly expressed their readiness to
restore order, they and the people
generally regret that the time for ac-
tion really has come. for the Japa-
nese realize that 1t is to be war to
defend themselves from Bolshevism
which Is creeping steadily eastward
and threatens 10 engulf all Of eastern
Siberia and northern China unless an
impossible baSVier is erected against it.
Also. Japan is not too sanguino con-
cerning the outcome OF so great and
lonely an undertaking. II means to her
a great sacrifice Of lives and money.
There is no assurance that It viii be
possible for her to recoup her financial
expenditures.
II Is both popular and easy for OBJ
servers 10000 miles from Siberia to rant
about the gladness with which Japan
will proceed on her mission OF territorial
conquest. but Premier Hara stated
Japans position in these no uncertain
terms:
Japan has absolutely no territorial
ambitions In Siberia. We will not take
a single square foot Of territory and the
minute the Red menace is settled Japan
will withdraw every soldier"
And this was emphasized by the state
ment Of Gen. oil, commander In chief Of
the japanese troops in Siberia. who said
IF Japan had any such aims In view
she would not have waited until the
present moment. Had she wanted any
thing in Siberia she would have taken
II long before this-Rt any time that
suited her convenience"
Al the same time the General said:
Peace Ia Only Aim.
'Tt is the truth that Japan has only
one object In view and that is not the
annexation Of territory, nor the acquir-
ing Of privileges, as slanderous tongues
have said. but II is to guarantee peace in
the Far East. We understand that
Japan alone Is unable to guarantee
peace in the immense Far East, and
that It is necessary for Japan to cooper
ate with another large power, like Rus
sla."
Reports reaching Toxic from the Eu.
ropean press indicate that Continental
imaginations at least have run ram
pant The representative English press
seems to be more temperate. II is
pointed out that japan has never with
drawn from any territory into which
she has ever sent a military expedition.
On the other hand no foreign Power
has ever been able to stay In Russia,
and bad as the situation Is to-day In
Siberia municipal and provincial off, |
cials declare In no uncertain terms that
any kind of foreign Intervention Is most |
unwelcome.
II Is difficult to understand this atti- I
tude Of the Siberians who see Kolchak's !
anti Bolshevik armies fleeing eastward |
after suffering the loss OF their Ameri- |,
can locomotives. a vast quantity OF |
British army stores turned over to them |
and the general disruption Of his army. |
What a feeble thing the whole Kol- |
chak government has been Is now being !
recognized as the lntrigues which honey !
combed the -Bolshevik structure are |
gradually uncovered. Just before the !
collapse Of the Kolchak regime Major |
Joseph Lasies of the French army and !
for twenty-three years a member Of the |
Chamber Of Deputies said,
"I am not holding any briefs for the |
Bolshevlks, but they could not be worse
than what the people Of Siberia are now
suffering from Kolchak. The situation |
in Russia, especially in the eastern sec
tIon, Is going from bad to worse. Kol-
chak and his armies are doomed and IL
Is good riddance."
No Russian Policy.
All nationals who have been in direct
personal touch with the situation agree
that only the CEecho- -Slovaks and the
Japanese have made any real stand |
against the advance of the Reds. I'm
questionably the whole miserable mess
has been made well nigh hopeless
through the lack Of Russian policy on
the part Of any Of the Powers. The !
czechs could have been more effective
with sincere cooperation from Koichak, /
and the Japanese would have been more
effective II they had had less consldera-
tlon for the Allies with whom they were
trying to act In concert.
All nationals IN the Far East now
stand aghast at the situation which
China. The long standing quar-
rel between the north and the south.
the anti-foreign agitation by the stu
dents in the ports and the capital and
the rising costs Of living have made
China q fertile field for the BolsheylkI
TO work. Once they get well into China
the whole Far East will be thrown into
such chaos that the results viii be moth
ing short Of a world calamity. Every
where In the East occidentals are ask
ing each other. why doesn't somebody
do somethingr
Japan, because Of the contlguity Of her
own Manchurlan and corean borders to
Siberia, IL, of course. far more interested
and apprehensive OF the results Of fur
ther delay than any Of the other Powera