The Washington times., 1922-03-21

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mainland. Th q
forces OF the in.
dependent an
anti J q pansse
Russian republic
- at Chita are ad.
,v,IJJAMu.pn vancine rapidly
~" 1aA<~O toward Vladivos-
tok and are almost face to face with
the japanese themselves. And the
Russian newspapers In the Far East
are beginning to discuss the four.
power treaty and are attacking IL
as an alliance between imperialistic
powers and ~ an abandonment by
the United States Of It's friendship
FOR the Russian people.
Copies have been received in
Warrington OF the Newspaper called
DalRs Vostochni Tslesrsf tfnSaning
Far Eastern Telegraph) and also
OF the newspaper called Dalne vos-
tochni Put 0neaning Far Eastern
Way, both published in Chita, the
capital OF the Russian Far Eastern
republic. They contain editorials
on the four.power treaty and while
the translations OF these editorials
have not yet been completed II can
be definitely said that they express
the strongest suspicion Of the
treaty and are fdll Of the conviction
that by this treaty the United
States sides with Japan against
Russia.
Thus the United States, for tho
first time in it's national history,
Is regarded in a time OF peace as
having picked out a certain foreign
nation to side with and a certain
other foreign nation to side against
In q foreign quarrel. The conviction
that We have taken sides 10 ex.
pressed Also in certain other Far
Eastern Russian newspapers which
have Just reached washington-
namely, the Rossya (meaning Rus
sia) and the Novosti Zhizni (mean-
!ns News of Life). published in
harbin In Manchuria, where there
10 q considerable Russian colony.
These newspapers all Indicate the
beginning OF Russian fear of Amer.
lea as the ally of Japan. They indi.
cate an approaching moment when
commercial activity by Americans in
the development of the stupendous
RESOURCES Of Russian Siberia will be
regarded by the Russian residents of
siberia as an activity attempted by
allies OF the Japanese who are so
hated In Siberia that the Siberian |
Russians are doing their best to ex.
pei them from all important CONNER
ciel and industrial opportunities In |
Siberia.
1t happens that at this present |
time there are certain American
companies which are seeking and
which arc on the point Of obtaining,
certain considerable concessions from
the Far Eastern republic In refer.
ence to gold mines and in reference
to oil wells. 1t In believed that some
OF the concessions In fsrerence to
oil wells may perhaps be located In
the northern half Of the Island of
Sakhalin. which 10 Russian territory,
and which Is very rich In oil.
1t happens also, however. that
the northern half OF the island OF
Sakhalin 10 occupied at this present
time by Japanese troops. Japanese
troops also occupy q strip of the
Russian Asiatic mainland imme.
diately opposite the northern half
of the island of Sakhalin. Doubt.
less they have just as good a right
to occupy II as We have to occupy
HAITI and santo Domingo. The
point. though. is not the rishtness
or wrongness of their behavior.
The point is that they thus are en-.
gagged in a quarvel with the Rus
slams and that this purely foreign
quarrel now begins to entangle us.
On February 2 Of this year the
forces Of the Russian Far Eastern
Republic began 10 advance against
the monarchial and reactionary i,
Russian forces IN Eastern Siberia.
They met them at a station on the
Trans.Siberian Railway called Inn.
They drove them eastward to Kha.
From Khabarovsk they
driving them southwark to.
ward Vladivostok. News reaching |,
today shows that they
now have driven them back total Of
some 800 miles and are camped on
he very edge of the lines Of Jap ,
ancse occupation north of Vladivo-
,tok.
Perhaps the most efficient meas.
ire will be to send ice.breakers to
he strait between Sakhalin and the r
and cut the Russians off :
rom their base at Chita. In any
ase we shall have a special treaty
'ond with the Japanese and none
With the Russians. The Russians Z
oresee that result Of the four. q
'ower treaty, They begin in their r
lewspapers to class us with the b
apanese. r
Thus, even before the four-power n
reaty is ratified. we begin to get n b
pecimen OF It's results. This speci. q
nen is more important than any e
theoretical argument that could be
nade. 1t shows us Russia rising A
gain victoriously out Of its passing ii
1eakness and facing Japan In an at [,
itude Of enmity and involving US In O
angers to our trade and dangers To e