Arizona republican., 1922-01-03
CH|TA DELEGATION
SUGGESTS AMERICAN.
PROBE Of CHARGES.
France and Japan Communicate Official De-
niaL of Siberian Correspondence To Arms
Conference; Cht0 Delegation Willing To
AlloGU Government Representative Inspect
Papers

ference of Washington appears there
fore directly contrary to the aims of
peace pursued by the conference"
Mr. SkvirslSy, in connection with
his proposal for inspection of the
papers, suggested that the American
consul general to Kobe, j. X. Cald-
we'll, who is temporarily stationed at
Chita, be authorized to inspect the
documents and report on them.
THE first American mission which
visited Chita," he continued, was
composed of DR.. J. Abott, commercial
attache to the American embassy at
Toxic, and Colonel Davis, the assis-
tant military attache. l understand
that DIR. Abott, who is now in the
United States as an advisor to the
American conference delegation has
submitted a lengthy report embody-
ing the results of his visit. At pres
ent the United States has at Chita,
J. X. Caldwell, consul general at
Kobe, Japan, who is thoroughly IA
miliar with the political situation in
Siberia. We want the truth to be
known about Siberia. Why not pub
lish Mr.. Caldwelps reports?
Chita Demands Probe
I'VE believe that every word in
these documents is true. The best
way for the Japanese to disprove
the documents is for them to evacu-
ate Siberia. We can not disclose
our authority for the documents but
can only say that we obtained them
in the same manner that other gov
ernments succeeded in getting copies
Of important communications of vital
concern to their own national inter-
ests. Everybody knows that in 1918
France supported the Cossack leader
Semenoff, with arms and money, and
that he was later taken up by Japan.
Take the last exhibit in our
statement of yesterday, namely, a
radio sent by General Tachibana,
commander -in-chief of the Japanese
expeditionary forces in Siberia on
October 2, to the war ministry at
Toxic. This radio quoted the French
consul at Vladivostol< as saying that
the transport Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand arrived in Vladivostok with S65
men who had been previously in
termed in Mesopotamia and who were
chiefly officers. The radio dispatch
added that within a short time five
more ships will bring parts Of Wran-
gels army from Crimea.'
Now, everybody knows that these
Russian troops actually arrived and
that they are taking part in fighting
against the Far Eastern republic
They are armed by the Japanese"
"No blanket resolution of the
Washington conference concerning
Siberia will satisfy the people of the
Far Eastern republic, Mr.. Skvirsky
declared "The Japanese troops
have been there now over three years.
They are doing everything possible
SO that order will not reign and to
dismember the republic. If we are
not permitted to appear before the
conference and submit our case We
will issue formal protest and at the
same time send a memorandum to
the conference setting forth the con-
ditions in Siberia The powers who
participated in the original inter-
vention in Siberia guaranteed our in
tegrity. 1t is their moral duty to see
that the Japanese army is evacu
ated. 1t is absurd to think that we
are not ready to give suitable guar
antees to the Japanese concerning
the protection of their people and
concerning all refraining from re-
sorting to bolshevik propaganda. The
truth is that under innocent phrase
ology Japan is seeking special privi-
leges in Siberia as well as the right
to send troops there under stated
conditions"