Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-30
JAPANESE SEIZE 4
LAND IN SIBERIA
Buffer State Already Created n
Manchuria Behind Allies
Backs
$1,000 TROOPS IN ARE.

washington. July 30.-The s,v,,a.
cance Of the series Of intercbanvo. -
tween the United States and Lanai .O' O
the Siberian situation goes much doo...
than the occupation of Saghslin ;s,.~,
mentioned in Toxic dispatcbo. ,% '.au y,
basis Of the latest communication "e
The powers generally. undor !.
leadership Of the United States I, ."e
learned, have determined to ipvO,,,.,. was
the new policy of penetration wb,.s s'te !,
placing much of the Far East under q.
domination Of the japanese. ''e
The most startling deyelonu,..
The discovery that the Japanese oo.u
patton OF all territory in Siber;o t...
100 miles west of Lake Raikai ..e, on
ward had been accomplished NJ ~.
time that the Japanese command, aue
chiefs message dealing with tbat srh
ject was received here. sup
This means that Japan aIro.d,
created the buffer state In Siberia a,s nas
which 1t was thought diplomats noout noou
tiations would certainly cnsue. Intso
nation obtained from officials ~ 'yI. M,.
government was that the ter,,,..sN s
In question already was at the comns,,
mercy Of Japan. |'"'pe'e
The territory thus pIaced ,u...
Japanese control in Siberia IL ror.s,r s,r
IN the shape Of two triangIes. ono ,s
tending north and east into Siberia "a
the other south and cast into Cb;ns
both having their apex at Mancbu,,.
station on the border between MAJ
churin and Siberia. One leg ~ III.
Siberian triangle runs along the Chinss.
Eastern Railroad, another along ~
Amur river valley, and the base OF IN
triangle is on the Ussuri district he.
hind Vladivostok. The Manchurian ri.
angle has one leg along the Chinese
Eastern Railroad and the other runnins
down through Manchuria toward Pekin
Thought Move Unnoticed
officials of this government. however
held the belief that both Of these rnoy,
ments Of absorption have been carried
on by Japan in the belief that the on
portunity was ripe now for her to WORK
unnoticed, due to the scare Of Dol.
shevism in Europe and the general at.
tcntion that other nations were pay.
Ing to domestic affairs in an effort 10
stabilize conditions after the war.
There are probably not more than
$1,000 japanese troops in Siberia and
Manchuria now, exclusive OF those
around Eladivostok and on Saghalin
island. The number Of troops that
japan needs for the purposes she has
set out to accomplish is In direct pro.
portion to the domination that she
wishes to exercise. There need be no
further movement of troops IL the status
quo is to be maintained, according to the
belief Of officials here, and no more than
| 10000 soldiers would be necessary IN
order to place the entire territory in tAs
| hollow OF the mikado's hand.
Evidence of this design on the partol
Japan dates from the time OF the
twenty -one demands In 1915 and the
gradual progress of the Manchurian in.
! filtration has dated from that period
The additional desire for n buffer stat
in Siberia followed the collapse Of th,
czarist government.
United States Attitude
The position taken by the United
States involves, it Is understood, the
stand assumed when Robert Lansing
was secretary of state and the Ameri.
can troops were withdrawn from
Siberia. At that time the exchange Of
notes carried the announcement that
Japan would remain in Siberia only
| long enough to carry out the evacua.
ton of the Czecho- Slovak troops and
that there was no intention on the
part Of the Japanese Government to
seize any territory.
Officials Of the State Department
refused absolutely to comment on
any extent upon the language Of the
note that this government had addressed
to Japan. Surprise was expressed that
intimations as to its contents had been
made public in Toxic but, it was stated
that this would not change the attitu&
of secrecy assumed in Washington.