Evening star., 1922-01-04
CH|TA DELEGATION
ADDS TO CHARGES
Makes Public Copies oi
Treaties Members Say
Japan Made With Russ.

Asserting that Japan had sought to
undermine the government of the Far
Eastern Republic Of Chita in order to
which they would have control SO
that they could gain special privi-
leges and concessions in eastern ST.
IBERIA. the special Chita delegation in
Washington yesterday made public
been drawn up between the Japanese
army in Siberia and Russian officers
connected with Gen. Ataman Semien-
OFF, the anti-bolshevik leader. In the
alleged documents, japan agreed 10
aid the offensive against Chita with
arms and money. For this help Japa-
nese subjects were to receive prefer
entail rights for hunting. hshing'
forestry and mining concessions in 81.
IBERIA, when a stable government mao
been established.
Added to Other Accusations.
These alleged pacts were in addi-
ton to other documents previously
given out by the Chita delegation,
purporting to be treaties between
Japan and France for a protectorate
over Siberia. NJ. Sarraut, head OF the
Frech delegation to the conference,
branded these documents as pure
fabrications. and yesterday his denial
OF the authenticity of the documents
was officially accepted by Secretary
Hughes. In his letter, Mr.. Hughes
said:
II have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of January 2,
in which you refer to the text of a.
legged official documents said to have
passed between the French and JAP
anese governments and given to the
press by representatives of the so
called Chita government of eastern
Siberia.
Il am gratiied to learn that the
French government formally denies
that it has come to any agreement
or carried on any negotiations con-
cerning the status of Siberia and ]
am glad to accept your statement
that the documents in question are
not authentic"
officials of the State Department
yesterday said that no reports of any
such documents were in their files.
Impossible. Says Kato.
In discussing the treaty supposed
to have been made between the Jap
anese and Russian officers Admiral
Baron Kato. leader of the japanese
delegation here. yesterday said that
such pact was impossible because,
as member of the japanese cabinet
for the past seven years. he could as
sert authoritatively that no such
agreement had ever been sanctioned
as absolutely false the alleged
Franco-Japanese pacts given out pre-
viously.
Japan has troops in Siberia now"
he said, for the protection of her
nationals, but these will be withdrawn
as soon as the proper guarantees
from the bolsheviks against invasion
Korea he
surance of protection for the Japa-
nese people in Siberia are given"
The Chita delegation in making
public the documents, said that they
proved that the Japanese were in
league with Russian bandits, that the
attack of Baron -Sternberg
from Mongolia on Chita was insti-
Japanese were seeking to set up a
democracy under their control in
order to get an economic grip on the
Far Eastern Republic.
Gives Plans for Offensive.
The alleged treaty made public
yesterday is dated June S, 1921. and
is said to have been signed at Vlad-
ivostok By Gen. Saveliev and Gen.
Soboley. representing Russia. and
Capt. Arimoto and Lieut.. Higuchi of
the japanese army. The document
gives in detail the plans for well
worked out offensive against the
Far Eastern Republic and says that
Japan promises to give at the be-
ginning of the campaign great ma
terial aid in money, arms, food, fod-
der. clothing. equipment and trans
port facilities.
Baron Kato yesterday spoke of
these documents as "the same sort Of
propaganda that emanated from Rus
sia during the Paris conference"