The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-26
JAP ARMY GREW
IN SIBERIA EVEN
DUR|NGPARLEY
Russian Army, Munitioned by
Tokyo, Kept Up Aggrsssions
Despite "Protestations."
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transported WO NldulVOstOCk dHV
quarters were in the process o.!
preparation for the entire Eight.
Japanese Division.
The fighting in Siberia continued
with all OF the horror and the deg
radiation attendant upon civil war
fare. 1t is In such manner tina
the words OF statesmen may detel
mine the issues OF life and death
1t is sometimes forgotten that the
phrases Of the diplomats bear q
close kinship to the realities OF
war.
Method In Siberia.
The Japanese method in Siberia
as revealed by those secret cable
grams. demands detailed considers.
ton. The civilised world has been
aware for some time that only In
certain quarters of the Far Eastern
republic have the soldiers of japan
made open war. The world has also
been informed that q Russian gen.
eral miraculously transported to 81.
IBERIA and mysteriously supplied with
munitions and money. has been en-.
gagged In a military adventure IL,
which countless lives have been sac.
rificed.
II has been denied that this Rus,
sian general. by the name OF Merku.
loft. has received financial assist.
ance from the Japanese. But It las
also been denied that civil warfare
is raging In Siberia. All OF which
does not alter the fact that when
the Merkuloff regime was estab
lished At Vladivostok two Japanese
soldiers from the japanese high com,
mand raised the Russian national
flag over the Merkuloff adminlstra.
ton building and otherwise made
themselves indispensable. No, there
can no LONGER be the slightest doub,
that the Merkuloff regime and the
imperial Japanese army general staff
In Tokyo are united In the most hkr.
monious cooperation. In other
words, a japanese military campaign
is being conducted under the Rus.
sian flag and executed by Russian
sOid!ega. Which 10 not an entirely
unknown form OF military discretion
sinca the fall of the Romanoffs scat.
tered Grosdcast over the earth the
eN'sss military genius of q dead
monarchy
" Il hss been stabhshed beyond
the SHADOW of question that the
JaGAnesE are promoting civil war.
fare ~ siberia. why have they not
been forced to evacuate this ter.
r.tGrT' Why was the Siberian Ques.
ton nletCd but the most perfunctory
consire ration at the Warrington
coEteirure?
America Had No Voice.
AnAeri"h. in the conference con-
vened Or her own soil, was not en-
powered TO ask the evacuation of
Japan rs" troops from Siberia, be-
cause America was not supported
IN THE demand by the representa-.
lives Ds he ruling nations assembled
ut Washington. The voice Of Amer
iga IN .he siberian question was the
voice u me minority.
The statesmen OF the British EN-.
pirr, without equivocation, declared
mat they we're not directly concern.
ed in the adjustment of the Slbe
RAN difficulty. 1t must be remem-
Dered, in this instance, that the
Anglo -Japa nese Alliance Is not alb
rogated vail 1t is replaced by the
four-powcr pacific treaty.
The statesmen Of France main
tnined an attitude at once neutral
and conc. itory. 1t must be re-
called, in this instance, that France
is bound to Japan by agreement.
Therefore, Mt the conference table
diplomatic or moral support, either
fn,n iod htoh L. i'm.
pera tive for the acceptance and the
ultimate enforcement OF an interna.
tional principle. In other words, the
limitations Of the conference table
were accurately and Enthusiastically
defined. Tho Siberian question,
placed in elaborate detail on the
American official program, was can.
celled In two formal announcements.
A vital, fundamental issue In which
America 10 both directly and inti-
mately involved. was dismissed by
the conference majority.
Passive Resistance.
This policy Of passive resistance
on the part Of England and France
is not evidence Of a pitiless indiffer-
ence to the tragic predicament Of the
peoples Of the Far Eastern republic.
The diplomatic moment at Washing
ton SO to speak was inopportune. A
policy Of postponement was impera-
tive.
1t appears that the art OF diplo-
macy and the principles Of hunani-
tarism are not yet perfectly CONSOLE
dated. The attitude of England and
France toward the Siberian question
at Washington was predetermined by
the Japanese position, which had al
ready been made known to them.
Neither the Anglo-Japapese alliance
nor the Franco-Japanese agreement
would have initiated against sincere
consultation in Washington IL Tokyo
had not made manifest the unalter-
able character Of the Japanese policy
in Siberia.
That ia 10 say, both England and
France are aware that japan would
brook no foreign interference with
her Siberian ambitions. In the So
cret military documents IL IL made
clear that the Warrington confer
ence could. In no measure whatso.
ever, controvert the japanese mill
tary plan nor the Japanese ambition
for commercial exploitation.
Two Nations Sent Troops.