Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-10-11
BY JACK MASON.
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent in the.
Ear East

NJ
Far East.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russian Siberia
(Bv Messenger and Mail. IL am just
back from thousand-mlle "Trip.
each way-to the ruined city OF
Nikolayevsk, scene of the frghtfuii
massacre of japanese soldiers ana
"White" Russians by the Bolshevlsts'
No other newspaper man has been
able to visit that district OF horror
and desolation. Around it the Jap
anese army draws ring of bayonets.
Travel overland and by steamer
alike are forbidden All commerce
Is cut off. By fortuitous circum-
stances went with the Red Cross
steam Erivan. carrying relief to Rus
sian refugees. No other vessels has
reached there, except army trans
ports from Japan. =,
To understand the omlnous World
importance of what is now happen
inc over here, you must recall WnaC
HAS happened, since 1917-and Vls-
ualize definitely the big map OF East
ern Asia. c;,.a,.;o
.+ratcbas like a gigantic fringe--5o
to 200 miles deep--along more 1lia.'
1000 miles of irregular coast ooreeIe
inp the Sea of Japan. the Gun on
Tartarv, the Sea of Okhotsk ana 1ns
north Pacific Ocean. 1t runs dTomi dtnl
Korea (gobbled by Japan IN 1Slo'
clear to the frozen Arctic.
VIadivostok is its ocean port, !he
outlet to the sea for vast SIBERIAN
hinterland. To
This great maritime province "a
nan has seized. She rules it with
military terror. ,,
Rahind It. to the west, is the large
Ar,,,r nrovince. which almost toueh-
es colt water at the mouth OF the
Avn River. It is fertile for coion-
;rot;on and rich in minerals.
'" prus.;anized by Japan. :,
T,h;s also Japan has grabbed and
i Janan pot her toehold when the
A,i;es sent their joint expedition for
tba avowed purpose of helping oO,ooO
S+randed Czech soldiers get out OF
Siberia Each ally was to furnish
4 000 sodiers-and NO MORE. They
were to gaurd and operate tne raLi-
road while the Czechs came throush
and then leave Siberia.
Did they withdraw? yeas 70
Americans, English, French and lVai-
ian. L.;
nv in Siberia right now. although
the last of the Czechs reached Viad
ivostok. or vicinity. long a@o, an
onlv lack of transport DELAYED
small remnant from sailing until An
gust ,..-
When the first allied contingents
landed in 1918, Japan's looked ex-
Ira numerous to the other allies. Of
ficiaI INQUIRY at Toxic brought the
ingenious response that through some
reerettable misunderstanding twelve
thousand instead of six thousand
troops. had been sent.
From the outset there was constant
disorder in the sectors assigned to
Japanese troous. The other allied
troops, in sectors equally EXPOSED
had little trouble. "To quell tn
disturbances" Jauan obtained ner-
mission of the other nations to bring
in ga few more" soldiers. The few
more" amount to s,0O0-making
10000 in all.
More franSOOfVS drtiNeu, u"iiAP
additional troops-alwavs to put
down some "threatened" BolshevIst
UPRISING. Sometimes Jap terrorism
and outrage turned these threaten@a
uprisines into actualities. as mlgnt
be expected. Events couldn't have
haupened better-for Jauan-if ia
pan had craftilv MANNED it so.
Army in Siberia Grows: :. :,
Japan's army in Siberia multiplied
now without even the formaiity of
asking allied consent. Her military