The New York herald., 1922-01-03
'SBERIANS DISAVOW
ATTACK ON FRANCE
Declare Charges of Plot Are
Aimed Primarily Against
Japan.
SARRAUT TAKES ACTION
French Delegations Head
Asserts So-Called Agree
ment Is Fabrication.
EFFORT TO SPLIT POWERS
Design Said to Be Creating Of
Suspicion Affecting
Peace Work.
EFFORT TO SPLIT POWERS

ernment said this evening that TIL
documents they have issued purport
ing to prove a Franco Japanese agree
ment covering the Washington con
ference are directed primarily agains
Japan and are not intended to stir vi
feeling against France.
They say that if these document
show that Japan and France agree,
to support each other at the confer
ence this will be evident when tn
question Of Siberia is brought up TO
discussion.
One of the chief topics of converse
ton in delegation circles to-day is tn,
authenticity or otherwise of the Fa
Eastern republics revelations. Per
sons in touch with tie British delega
tion, that Is to say persons natural.
inclined to take an anti-French vieY
appear to hold the belief that tn
documents are genuine. The Japanes
deny the Far Eastern republics stor!
and the Italians remain neutral.
The French issued indignant denial:
yesterday and repeated them to-da,
through NJ. Sarraut. head of the delega
tion. 1t is understood that a Request
has been sent to Paris for a statement
direct from the French Government.
Sarraut Writes to Hughes.
NJ. Sarraut also wrote letter to-day
to Secretary Hughes as president Of the
conference. saying:
Mr.. PRESIDENT The papers of
this morning reproduced the text of
some alleged official documents is
sued by the self-styled delegation
of the self-styled Chita Government,
which are said to emanate from, Of
fetal French authorities and from
which it would result that official
conversations or agreements had
passed between France and other
Governments for a realization of a
determined policy in Siberia.
have the duty to inform you that
the published documents constitute a
Frosa fabrication and that from the
n vent when the allied Powers
carried on in Siberia in accord with
the United States policy Of military
intervention. directed solely against
Germany and not with tine object OF
intervening In the internal politics
OF the Russian people, no agreement
has either been concluded CT nego-
tiated by France with any other
Power touching the status or the
destiny Of Siberia.
Ar the same time that it has ap-
peared to me to be necessary formally
10 deny these false reports II is my
duty to inform you that the illegal
and malicious action taken by repre-
sentatives without mandate of the
pseudo republic OF Chita with the OBJ
ject Of creating suspicion between the
Powers represented at Washington
appears thus directly contrary TO the
aims Of the peace sought.
The Chita delegation declared this
evening that It had intended to bring
Its allegations before O sitting OF the
conference. and when this was seen 10
be impossible decided to resort TO public
opinion through the press.
The accusation that the Chita Govern
ment brings against the japanese Is
that they continue to roster campaign
of killing and banditry in the Far East
for the purpose Of furthering their own
ends.
The Chita delegation says that while
promising TO withdraw their troops AZ
soon as order has been restored the
Japanese are equipping bands OF reac.
tionary Russians fighting for money in
order to perpetuate disorder. They say
Japan intends 10 set up a Far Eastern
Government under her own influence as
a means of putting her hand on Sibe.
ria. Japan is accused of wanting 10 con.
troll Siberia by dominating the terminus
OF the Siberian Railway at Vladivostol
and the mouth OF the Amur River ir
the north by the possession OF Saghalr
Island. the northern portion of which
the japanese have occupied since Au
gust. 1913.
Declaration Is Expected.
The assumption seems to be tnat som,
kind OF declaration covering Russian
territory will be forthcoming from tn,
Washington conference and that IL will
provide for the Withdrawal Of Japanes,
troops. This, the Chita representative:
say, will be useless so long as a definite
date Is not set for such withdrawal. Th,
whole contention put forward by the
Chita Government is that the Washing
ton conference should not adjourn with
out fixing a date for the evacuation oi
Siberia by the Japanese.
The chita representatives say tha
whether France and Japan are working
together in Washington or not, II Is az
open secret in the Far East that France
fully sympathizes with the reactionars
Russian elements IN Siberia. which ar,
supported also by the japanese. and
that French agents, such rs her consuls
are having continual dealings with tn,
Merkuloff pro-Japanese Government II
Vladivostok. They also assert that rem.
nants OF Wrangers army forming q con
tlngent Of nearly a thousand men were
shipped 20 the East from Constantlnopls
and are now fighting with the pro-Japa.
nese reactionary ellen ents.
The French make no attempt to deny
that In order 10 help and 70 get rid oi
the Wrangel army they offered TO ship
some or the refugees TO other countries
including Brazil and Morocco, and that
some who wanted to 60 back 10 their
own country were sent TO siberia. This
however. the French say, was done as
a matter OF course.
In discussing the authenticity OF the
Chita documents the members OF the
French delegation. apart from their Of
ficial denials point out other reasons
why the story OF a Franco-Japanese
a greement Is an invention n Is alleged
among other things that the forgeries
presented by Chita are so clumsy os not
even to he worded rs such documents
should be, II authentic, and that other
technical matters connected with the