Evening star., 1921-06-05

cunation Then remember that accession of the
maritime province (of which Vladlyostok is the
capitaD to the far eastern republic was with
difficulty obtained. VIadyostok and indeed the
entire province being Of dubious complexion.
inclining to red Add that 6omenov. who SO
long maintained himself at Chita as the protege
of the japanese miltarists. is still painting for
glory, and that detachments of his strange
army of Cossacks, E3uriats. Mongolians. decayed.
but Are eating gentlemen Of the old regime.
what not are lowering about. Add toe. that .
somehow. somewhere. detachments Of the army
of the late Gen. KAppel (KoIchaks best GENERALLY
have managed to remain afoot And do not
forget that there are good many thousand
Japanese troops In the maritime province s.
peeialiy in vlsaisostek
New perhaps the reader has . certain back
ground for the queer recent events in the far
eastern republic
In April II was reported that Sternberg.
Semenov'e old lieutenant, crossing over from
Mongolia, had penetrated deep into the Territory
of the far eastern republic and somewhere be-
tween verkhni Udinsh and Chita was lighting
the republics forces. Report added that his
activities were pleasing to the. Japanese. No
more concerning sternberg. He seemed to have
disappeared inte the Siberian murk. but today
We get news of him again. tearing up the rail-
road, raising cain. On May 21 we heard that
those Kappsl detschments were on the move.
They had taken Nikeisk. the important railroad
Junction n0Ftn OF tIRolVoot0h. 1nVlt0Q IN by tho
property owners. few days later moving
down the railroad. they took Vladivostok the
propertied citizens welcoming them. for the
local government was rosy. They set up
government. Some reports say that the Japa-
nese have observed q strict neutrality. other
= reports say they are meddling little. Some
say semenov is on his way to offer his heroic
leadership. Others say the Kappe soldiers will
have none Of him. Red bands are vaguely in
dicated in the Offering. The chita government
is reported concentrating troops to handle the
situation; another dispatch says mo such mat
ter" Perhaps tho most Trustworthy report is
that which ascribes to the japanese foreign
minister the statement that the time for
evacuation of Siberia has not arrived"
With reluctance leave this charming siuta-
tion: wondering how many the kappelites are
what they intend. what ssmenov intends. what
Chfta Intends what the red bands intend and
above all what the Japanese intend.
NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST had proposed
to attempt this week an Interpretation Of recent
developments in the near and middle east. But
this bizarre situation IN eastern Siberia in
trigued me too much: except tor few notes.
the near and middle east must wait.
Tho war between the Greeks and Turks in
Antolia is in condition OF stalemate. The
Greeks undertook their recent unsuccessful
offensive against the wishes Of the British and
French: wherefore the latter declared a strict
this stalemate may not last. owing to. the folly
Of Mustapha Kemal. the nationalist leader
Listening to the suggestions of Moscow. he has
houted both British and French. He holds and
maltreats forty British prisoners whom he is
pledged to release. He closes his ports against
British shipping. He puts to death as a spy
British Indian subject whom London declares
innocent. The British have not been wont to
stomach such treatment. AS for the French
the Angora assembly has repudiated the treaty
signed in London by French and Angoran rep
resentattves and guerrilla warfare. against the
French has been resumed in Celicia.. 1t is said
the British are preparing to blockade Kenals
ports and to assume direction of the Isnid
front: that, the allies have. deneutralized the
straits and the straits zone neutralized only the
other day. 1t is intimated that the British and
French may now strongly support the Creeks
The French have been turcophile: IL these latest
perfdies Of the Turk should lead to harmoniza-
tion Of French and British policies in the near
and middle east it would be great boon.