The Washington herald., 1922-01-03
PROPAGANDA SEEN
No Secret Treaties Be
tween France and ia
pan, Says Sarraut.
U. S. UNOFFICIALLY
OF SAME OPINION
Report That Translation
Of Agreement Is on
File, Explained.

The alleged secret understanding
between France and Japan which. IL
authenticated, would serve 10 nui-
lify the conference on disarmament
was denied on every hand yester- 4
day.
NJ Sarraut. chief Of the French
delegation, issued an official state
nent in which he Characterized ~
documents as false and declared u.
whole expose" to be propaganda
Unoftcially, II was learned at "a
State Department that the UnIta
states government took a simils
view.
The alleged secret alliance va
the chief topic OF conversation
Washington. Diplomats hesitate
before commenting upon the situ1
ton which might ensue were M
charges to be proved. on ever
hand there was an Undercurrent
doubt This was the situation wher
NJ Sarraut issued his official sJate-V
ment, denying in the name Of the !
french government, that any secret
treaties had been entered into with
Japan regarding Siberia.
Report of VerincatIon.
Approximating the time OF IN.
Sarraut statement a report was cir
culated that what appeared 10 be
Verihcation Of the Chita statements
were to be found in the files Of the
state Deparement These reports
gained wide circulation. and event
ually were brought to the attention
Of State Depa rtment officials who
gave an explanation of the rumors.
tod "a.
documents were on file in the State
Department, which, IL proved su-
thentic and rightly construed. might
serve TO corroborate the statements
OF the Chita delegation. These
documents, IL was stated. were re-
ceived during the war. and were 50
garbled In transmission as to D..
almost valueless. Also. il was
stated. grave doubts were cast upon
the authorship OF the letters and
papers on file.
Delegates TO the conference. as q
whole, while greatly concerned bv
publication 81 the Siberian dOcu-
ments, were reluctant to comment.
~TransIsuon on File.
The measure OF corroboraiion OF
the Chita charges going the
rounds last night stated tbs.
there is at present reposinE in
the American State Department
hles, translation OF an agreement
which follows almost exactly the
lines Of the Chita documents
The contents were stated as follows
1t is an agreement between Kap-
pei ofhcers (anti-Bolshevik Rus
sians) and Japanese. with French
officers present, in which the Rus
slams agreed to put themselves uu-
der the command Of the Japan,sp
provided they were paid. the French
and Japanese assuming payment
jointly"
This agreement. IL is said was
GATED January 2l. 1921.
In the Chits documents under
date Of January s. 1921. the Jana
nese military mission in Paris
cabled the Tokyo ministry as fol-
lows. the report stated:
We have arrived at a Satisfac-
tory agreement with the French re-
garding the evacuation Of Wranrr'
(anti-Bolshevik Russian troops kep-
by the French at ConStantinoplch
| The French can not support IN.
army any longer. The situatton.Fr
very difficult and the French wish
To use IL for their benefit In on
opinion the plan proposed by "a.
Frenchfis acceptable. but only IN
case the French will support us bv
all means m the siberian question.
The French project will bc trans
mitted today in cipher"
wrsnEel Troop Movements.
On the sending Of the wranErl
troops to ConstantinopIe t. NIadi-
vostok, the French Far Eastern eN-
pert M. Kammerer. put in an eN-
plicit denial Papers published in
japan and China stated that one
shiplo Of Wrangel soldiers did sr-
rive In Nladivostok. Recent Amcri-
can state Department dispatches
state that Wrangel soldiers are now
operating with the Russian white
army against the Chita troops In
letter written by an American in
Vladivostok, a man formerly in the
government service. dated October
25. 1921. il Is stated:
In the meantime the remnants
OF the wrsngel army are being
dumped down here in vladivostolS.
The new army will be used TO con-
quer Bolshevism. which march Is %
commence from Vladivostok IN
this matter IL appears that Jaoau
is not altogether a willing sup
porter. because the policy Of Rus
sian territorial integrity does not
meet with JRpan's plans"
In British and Chinese quarters
Yesterday IL was the inclination 70
regard the Chita documents as large
ly true. The Chita delegates stated
that they made them public aft
they had knocked twice al to
door OF the conference. offering -
show their proofs. They had bee :
turned down by Mr.. Hughes and
had come TO the newspapers, IL wa
declared
Calls Documents False
NJ Sarraut. chief Of the French
delegation, In his letter TO M
Hughes. calling attention 20. ihs
publication Of the Chita pa srs
stated:
1T is my duty TO inform you
that the documents az r.-nss fabri-