The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-17
COMPLICATIONS FEARED

the part of the Russians, the govern ment of the United States is impressed with the political instability and grave uncertainties of the present situation in Eastern Siberia, as described in the aide memoire presented by the Japan csc amba ssador December 8, and is dis posed to the view that further military effort to assist the Russians in the struggle toward self government may in the present situation, lead to com plications which would have exactly the opposite effect, prolonging possi- bly, the period of readjustment and in
 volving Japan and the United States in ineffective and needless sacrifices. It is felt accordingly to be unlikely that the second purpose for which American troops were sent to Siberia will be longer served by their presence there.
 'Tn view, then. of the fact that the main purposes for which American troops were sent to Siberia are now at an end, and of the considerations set forth in the communication of the Japanese gov ernment on December 8, which subse- quent events in Eastern Siberia have strengthened, the government of the United States has decided to begin at once arrangements for the concentration of the American forces at vladivostok,
  parture immediately after the leaving of the first important contingent of Czech Slovac troops, that is to say, about Feb ruary ].
 TO RECALL EXPERTS
 Careful consideration has also been given to the possibility of continuing. after the departure of the American troops, the assistance of American rail- way experts in the operation of the l trans-Siberian and Chinese Eastern rail- ways It will be recalled that it is ex- pressly stipulated in the plan for the SUI pervision of these railways. which was submitted by the Japanese ambassador lat Washington January 15. 19l9 that the arrangement should cease upon the with drawal of the foreign military forces 1 from Siberia and that all foreign railway experts appointed under the arrangement should then be recalled forthwith. The experience of recent months in the opera | tion of the railways under conditions of unstable civil authority and frequent To- cal military interference furnishes a
 strong reason. for abiding by the terms , of the original agreement.
 i ''Arrangements will be made accord 1 ingly for the withdrawal of the Ameri- | can railway experts under the same con ditions and simultaneously with the de 1 parture of the American military forces "The government of the United State desires the Japanese government to know | that it regrets the necessity for this de- 1 cision, because it seems to mark the end | for the time being at least of co-oper- atiye effort by Japan and the United ] States to assist the Russian people, which ] had of late begun to bear important re, suits and seemed to give promise for the 1 future. The government of the United States is most appreciative of the friend lily spirit which has animated the govern ment of Japan in this undertaking, and k convinced that the basis of understand ing which has been established will serve in the future to facilitate the common efforts of the two countries to deal witt the problems which confront them 1T Siberia. The government of the Cnite' States does not in the least relinauisi the deep interest which it feels in the political and eccnomic fate of the people of Siberia nor it's purpose to co-operat'
 with Japan in the most frank and friend
 ly way in all practical plans which ma,
 be worked out for the political and eco
 homie rehabilitation of that region.
 Ut is suggested that the governmen
 of Japan may desire to communicate tt the other principal allied and associated governments the substance of the aid, memoirs of December 8. This governmen
 will likewise make known to them th
 substance of the present communication.