New Britain herald., 1921-08-24
OPPOSITION SHOWN TO SEMIENOFF RULE
Consular Corps Opposed and
 Army Itself Objects

Peking, Aug. 24-Copies of official telegrams sent by General Tachibana of the Japanese expeditionary force i'll V1adivostok, to his superiors in Tokyo, indicate to some extent the interest felt in the effort of Semienoff to re-establish himself in Siberia, and in the fortunes of Baron Unger- r-Sternberg in Mongolia Opposition by the consular corps at Vladivostok to Semienon's s return tC power, coupled with anta gonism to him in the Japanese army 1tself has creat- ed a situation which the Japanese com mander declares has forced an latitude of conciliation" toward the Far East ern Republic, and has caused the Jap anese command to alter it's plans foI operations in Siberia.
 Both telegrams were dated June 20 The first, addressed to General Ouik- hara, Tokyo, is as follows:
 ''In view of Seo's Ga Japanese officer to continuance of negotiations between the Merkuloff government and Ataman Semienoff, I am taking an attitude Of expectation l have informed Seu that my attitude would change as soon as the Mong olian group opens genera activities and shows some actual re suits in the Transbaikalia region. Tho present situation, I believe, is due to the underground work of some of the extreme radical parties supported by the whole personnel of the Vladivostok consuls. They are entirely ignorant ot the real Russian question and ale be ing led by the American representative | who has adopted an irreconcilable al | titude toward our influence in the Fal East. 1 have commenced negotiations 1 to counteract this movement with sev- | eral of the non-socialist groups and ex- l pect to find a peaceful way out of tn, | present situation which is very pre- carious to the budget question for the Siberian expeditionary force.''
 The second dispatch, sent by Genera | Tachibana to General Sudzuki, Tokyo l four hours later on the same day, fol 1 lows:
 1 From all my reports to the supreme military council you may judge whether the situation is truly abnormal so far as our expeditionary corps is concerned Among our own forces a group ha: formed which is opposed to Atamal Semienoff and is supporting the oppos ton in the army anu among the people Their position is strengthened by th, consular corps whose members nav, adopted a hostile attitude toward Sem ienoff.
 l 'The general situation now tends t,
 force us back to an attitude of concili
 ation with regard to the Far Easterl
 Republic which annuls the plan work
 ed out. The position in which we flnt
 the Mongolian army, so small in mum
 bers that it is out of all proportion t
 the area of territory occupied and t. the military operations on three fronts
 naturally delays the solution of tn
 Semienof problem.
 | "The appropriation as assigned b.
 the budget, confirmed by the suprem
 military council, to support the Semen
 off units, is exhausted This condition
 ascribe to the frequent changes mad
 in our program and the hestating at titude adopted by the military counci
 as to putting an end to non-interfer | ence in Russian domestic affairs. Tn delay in making a decision may brin | very undesirable consequences. Tn | situation of our army demands an i'm
 mediate clearing up in regard to tn
 Russian question. Knowing your poin
 of view I request you to use your in
 f1uence in the matter.'