The daily times., 1921-08-23
MUCH INTEREST IN
SEMIENOFF'S ACTIVITIES

Peking, Aug. 22.-Copies of official
kilograms sent by General Tachibana
of the japanese expeditionary force
in Vladivostok, to his superiors in
Toyko, indicate to some extent the in
terest felt in the effort of Simenoff
to reesta blish himself in Siberia, and
Sternberg in Mongolia. Opposition
by the consular corps at Vladivos-
tok to Semienoff S return to power,
coupled with antagonism to him in
the japanese army itself, has Great
ed a situation which the Japanese
commander declares has forced an
attitude of conciliation'' toward the
Far Eastern Republic, and has
caused the Japanese command to al
ter its plans for operations in ST.
IBERIA.
Both kilograms were dated June
20, the first, addressed to General
Ouikhara, Tokyo, is as follows:
In view of Secs Ca japanese Of
ficer on Semienoff's staff reports in
regard to continuance of negotiations
between the Merkuloff government
and Ataman Semienoff, l am taking
an attitude of expectation l have
informed SEQ that my attitude would
change as soon as the Monaghan
group opens general activities and
shows some actual results in the
Tansbaikalia region. The present
situation, | believe, is due to the un-I
derground work of some of the ex
treme radical parties supported by
the whole personnel of the Vladi-
vostok consuls. They are entirely
ignorant of the real Russian ques-
tion and are being led by the Amer
lean representative who has adopted
an irreconcilable attitude toward our
influence in the Far East. | have
commenced negotiations to counter
act this movement with several of
the non-socialist groups and expect
to find a peaceful way out of the
present situation which is very pre-
carious to the budget question for
the Siberian Expeditionary force"
The second dispatch, sent by Gen
eral Tachicana to General Suduzuki,
Tokyo, four hours later on the day,
follows:
t'From all my reports to the su-
preme military council you may
judge whether the situation is truly
abnormal SO far as our Expedition
ary corps is concerned. Among our
own forces group has formed which
is supporting the opposition in the
army and among the people. Their
position is strengthened by the con-
sular corps whose members have
adopted a hostile attitude toward
Semienoff.
'.The general situation now tends
to force US back to an attitude of
conciliation with regard to the Fan
Eastern Republic which annuls the
plan worked out. The position in
which we find the Mongolian army,
so small in numbers that it is out of
all proportion to the area of terri
tory occupied and to the military op-
erations on three fronts, naturally
delays the solution of the Semienoff
problem.
t*The appropriation as assigned by
the budget. confirmed by the Su-
preme Military Council, to support
the Semienoff units is exhausted
This condition I ascribe to the fire.
quent changes made in our program
and the hesitating attitude adopted
by the Military Council as to putting
an end to non-interference in Rus
sian domestic affairs. The delay in
making decision may bring very un-
desirable consequences. The situa-
tion of our army demands an imme-
diate clearing up in regard to the
Russian question. Knowing your
point of view I request you to use
your influence in the natter