The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-07-19
MilItants and Moderates Divided IN
Japanese imperial Council.
General Tanaka
Given In
FOREIGN OFFICE DOES
NOT GIVE OUT DETAILS
Asian Politics viii De Much Nearer
Solution When Troops Have
Been Withdrawn, Dip.
lomats Say.
BY HENRY W. KINNEY


UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Tokyo. July l9.-0fficial silence
envelopes the results OF the great
cabinet and foreign office conference
which deliberated ON Japan's policies
IN respect TO various countries on the
continent OF Asia.
While the Foreign Office had ori.
ginally planned TO give an outline OF
the results In an official statement
10 the press. the idea was abandoned
FOL some reason. II Is. however, pos
sible to form very accurate opin.
ion OF most of the decisions which
were made. from talks with well in.
formed officials in a position 20
know.
The decision to withdraw the
troops from Siberia, except the
Amur region and Saghalien; and
from the Kwantung railway. was re-
garded as a victory for the premier;
and the Foreign Office over the mill.
tarists, for while the. civil officials
have for some time past been anx.
ious to take such action. they have
been thwarted by the iron opposition
OF the War Department. am inform
ed, however, from an reliable source,
that this action was suggested by no
less person than Minister of War
General Tanaka, even though oppo.
! sition remains In the General Staff.
which continues to harbor many r0
dictionary milltarists OF theapre-war
school.
Whether General Tanaka's action
indicates that the more enlightened
soldiers were finally able to see that
continued presence of Japanese
troops in Serbia was bound to lead
TO war. cannot be stated. Such
war would involve enorm rs forces
and expense. Furthermore, contrary
to the former war with Russia, the
Russians would this time be fired
with patriotism to drive out the in
vaders, while the Japanese would be
lukewarm, to say the least.
Since the conference has broke up
the situation in Siberia has changed
fN capture by the Kappelist forces
OF Vladivostok and neighboring terri
tory. The withdrawal policy was
made contingent on the Chita Gov
ernments accepting certain Japan
ese demands. chief among which
was the undertaking of maintaining
peace in Siberia. 1t would seem as If.
now that Vladivostok has passed out
of the control of the Chita Govern.
ment, this might make it difficult
for Japan to accept any guarante
which it might be willing to make,
but a higa official Informs me that
this will make no difference, and
that Japan remains in spite OF
changed conditions, willing to with
draw her troops on Chita's assur
ance of maintenance of order, and
that a high official will soon be sent
to Siberia to conduct the necessary
negotiations.
AS might be expected, accusations
have been made that the Japanese
miNtarists engineered, or at least
were privy to the Kappelist coup, in
order that the withdrawal of troops
might be prevented. On the othel
hand, if Japan sticks to her program
as outlined, it will show that she ii
making an honest attempt to get ou
OF Siberia with fairly clean hand
and a tangled point in Asian polite
will thus have been brought grea
step nearer solution.
Ouonn Victoria was at one tim