Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-02
CHARGES bTO
FRANCO-JAPAN
ACCORDENlED
Republic of Chita Makes
Public Documents Al
leging Agreement
CALLED FORGERIES
Published Papers State Eastern, ST.
IBERIA and Arms Conferencetas Sub
ject of Understanding Claimed

Washington, Jan. "A bombshelI
was exploded in Arms Conference
circles yesterday when sthe delega-
ton from the Far Eastern Republic
gave out what purports to he CORES
pondence between France and Japan,
whereby those nations came to COM
plete accord as to Japan's aims in
Eastern Siberia and agreed to stand
by each other at the Washington
Conference.
At both the French and japanese
delegations last night the authenticity
of the documents was promptly chal-
lenged. AT the French headquarters
Albert Kammerer who is in charge
of the Far Eastern affairs in the
French Foreign Office, pronounced
them forgeries.
1--WE ARE in position" he said,
''to state positively that the docu-
ments which we have seen are forger-
les"
At the japanese delegations offices
Mr.. Hanihara, the Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs, denounced them as
purely manufactured.
"There is no possible truth in it
so far as Japan is concerned" he
said. There is no foundation for what
the China delegates are saying each
day about us
The China representatives them
selves frankly admit that they cannot
prove the authenticity of their evid
ence except circumstantially. If it
is true, it is believed that it was OBJ
tanned by Russian spies in the Japan
ese Secret Service who delivered it
to the China Government The docu-
ments are understood to be in the
hands "f the Arreriesn- delegates, hav-
ing been furnished five days ago to
the Department of State, the War De-
partment and other official agencies
in Washington.
What effect their publication at the
present stage of the Conference may
have is problematical, and whether
they will come officially before the
gathering is also in doubt, as they
come from the unrecognized delegates
of an unrecognized government.
There have been suspicious of an
entente between the French and Jap
anese as their position at the Con-
ference, which the correspondence, if
it is to be accepted as authentic, tends
to strengthen. In any event, it is like
ly to cause considerable embarrass-
ment to the delegates concerned, whe-
ther any official cognizance of it is
taken or not.
The documents the dates of which
begin just 4 year ago purport to be
the following:
"A dispatch from the Japanese
military mission in Paris to the Toxic
Foreign Ministry reporting an agree
ment as to the evacuation of General
Wrangel's troops.
"A protocol of January IA, 1921, re-
gardlng Japan's occupation of Siber-
ian territory.
"A reply from Japan proposing
public.
"A treaty alleged to have been con-
Guided by French, Japanese and Rus
sian delegates, dated March 12, 1921.
giving Japan dominance in Eastern
Siberia.
message, under date of Sep
tember 2, 1921, from the French Ror-
elgn Ministry regarding the approach
ing Washington Conference and the
necessity of checkmating Americas
alleged aims in the Far East.
Japanese note of September !,
expressing satisfaction over the prom
ised solidarity of the two nations at
Washington.