The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-27
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bloody details, that Japanese brutality is horrible and inhuman to the maxi mum d rs3a8f
 These are resorted. to as acts of rerrisal. 'iftls. filN
 Methods In Siberia <,
 A political activity consisting Of if na2cial and moral support for yarl- ous factions for the purpose of fo- menting continuous trouble is a ta vorite practice of the Japanese mili- tary in Siberia. By creating tense and difficult situations, it is hoped to justify maintaining the expedition of between 10000 and 30,0O0 troops in the Maritime Provinces As long as Japan can point to disorders from the Amur to the Sea of Japan just so long can Ehe tell the world that she is still on mission of human ity' in Siberia. she believes.
 Thus, doesl the Japanese military create it's own situations.
 The case of the "coup" of Ataman Semenov last spring illustrates how the military is working. "A Japan had placed in power n Vfad- ivostok representative of the Mon archists, Merkuloff, in the hope of stilling the strong Isen timent of tlc people in favor of a Democracy pat termed after our own American plan.
 Shortly after power had been vest d in MerkulOff 1t was deemed advisa Dle to have it appear that Merkuloff was
 not satisfactory s.to the people, so Semanov, who hadtlong been in tie pay Of sthe Japanese,;s was sent to
 Vladivostok from Dairen, Japanese port in Korea, in a Japanese ship,
 the Kyodo Maru, in the hope that he
 would create "revolutiOn'' and overthrow the government. Semenov
 remained on his ship in Vladivostok harbor. controlled by the Japane SC,
 until it was found inadvisable to per
 init him to go on with his plans. He
 was then taken from the ship in a launch, landed down the bay at T point where he was received by Jap anese army officers, and whence he was transported to Grodekovo by a Japanese military motor. In the meantime, Japan denied it's support of Semenov and declared he had ar rived at Vladivostok without their knowledge and that he left likewise Ones conclusions are easily formed from this
 So goes the rape or Siberia. It will continue as long as Japan keeps it's military forces there, which means as long as the miittarists of Japan con continue such practices without interruption. It is impossible to deal in extravagant language in charac. terizing the tactics of the invaders in this way They have resorted to a reign Of terror in what appears is a campaign of more than subjugation- extermination. indeed, in which poll. tics and brutality have gone hand in hand
 The result of such procedure Is plain enough to observers of the Si- berian situation.
 In the first place there is deter imitation to oppose Japan even unto death, and secondly there is crys- talization of democratic spirit that will bring about order from chaos once the iron heel of Japan is lifted. - stabilized government will result as soon as such influences as these are removed, for the Commune is dead in Siberia. The people want their own government.
 Here, then, is the military method of Japan in Siberia. It had it's be- ginnings elsewhere on the Asiatic continent, but it is at it's most active stage now in the Maritime Provinces.
 The military, however, functi1rs in still another manner in the fur therance of the Japanese program, A powerful army and navy holds a heavy hand over China, so when Ja- pan tells China to sign her rights away, and the rest of the world is busy elsewhere, China, mindful of her own weakness and of Japln's strength, first resorts to compromise, gets what she can by that means, and then signs. as witness the ''twenty-one demands incident dur ing the days of the Great War
 Another favorite method of Japan is secret diplomacy. While Japan does not exceed the practices of cer. tain other governments along this line. nevertheless it is American pub lie opinion that secret diplomacy is dangerous and we are rightfully The secret treaty with Russia in 1916 was not a procedure such as would entitle Japan to any great degree of trust ffom Americans That treaty was designed to protect Japan against any offensive from Manchuria, in case of war with the United States. Russia's failure as a government. of course, annulled any such agreement and so Japan herself turned to Siberia and began cam. paign of control of that part of Asia as far east as Lake Baikal, saying while she did this that buffer state against bolshevism was necessary. Japan was merely turning from secret diplomacy to military activity, the