Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-03

denial issued by Mr.. lIanihara Jap
"nesc said today that they would
probably seek an early opportunity
to restate this denial formally in a
letter 10 Mr. Hughes.
Paris II CnbIcd All .ncts.
NJ Sarraut. after member of tho
French delegation las, ui,.b, had
characterized IN" alleged notes AZ
iorIcrieS, s;uptIty coutrived."
cap!eu report on their publication
in ms country 10 his government in
Paris In his letter today he said
mat since the powers decided uDon
military intervention In Sibcria no
agreement has been concluded nor
negotiated by France with any other
power touching the status of the
iate OF siberia The letter was
presented 10 Secretary Hughes by
Ambassador Jusscrand. who supple
mcntcd 1t with some further obscr-
vations OF the same tenor.
re,t of French Denial.
The tcNt follows:
This mornings newspapers re-
produce the text OF pretended oTi-
cial documents communicated by a
So-callch delegation OF a so-callcd
government o: Chita which purport
To cmanatc from French official au-
thoritcs and according TO which Off
cial conversations and accords have
been exchanged between France and
other governments for the realization
Of 4 fixed policy in Siberia
II have the duty To make known
TO you that the published documents
are crude fabrication. and that
sine" the moment when the allied
powers in accord with the United
states agreed upon policy Of MILL
tary intervention III Siberia directed
solely against Germany and not with
the purpose of intervening in tho
Interior policy Of the Russian people
no agrccmcn; has been concluded nor
negotiated by France with any other
power touching the status or the
cate of Siberia.
Contrary to Conference Aims.
"At the same time that II appears
to me necessary to deny formally
these false reports, I have the duty
Of bringing to your attention that
tho Illegal and malicious effect eXcr-
o,'scd by representatives without
mandate and without moral author
ity OF the pretended republic OF
Chi,a with the purpose Of creating
suspicious among the powers repre-
scented at the conference of Wash
inrton, appears therefore directly
contrary TO the aims of peace pur-
sued by the conference
Mr. Sl;v!rsky. in connection with
his proposal for inspection OF t. g
papers. suggested that the Amcric n
consul-rcncral at Kobe. Jackson II.
Caldwell. wl'o is temporarily sta
toned at Ch!ia, he authorized To ii-
spcct the documents and report on
them.
The first American mission which
visited Chita." he continued. was
! composed OF Or. James a. Abbott,
commercial attache to- the American
embassy at Tokyo. and Colonel Davis,
the associate military attache. ! un-
dcrstaud that DIR. Abbott who is now
in the United States as an adviser
10 tho American delegation. has sub
united lengthy report cmbodyin;
the results OF his visit to Chita. At
the present time the United States
has az Chita Jackson X Caldwell
the consul-rcneral at Kobe. Japan
who was for many years the Amcri-
can consul Mt Vladivostok, and who
Is thoroughly familiar with the po-
l!tical situation in Siberia We want
he truth to be known about siberia
why not publish Mr.. Caldwcl!'s re-
ports?
Relieves Documents True.
1--WE i l;evc that every word In
these documes 's is true. The best
way for the JfDancse to disprove the
documents is for them to cvacuate
Siberia. We cannot disclose our au-
, thority for IN" documents in ques-
ton. but can only say that we oh
tained them in tho same manner that
other governments succeed in get
ting copies Of important communi
cations which are of vital concern to
their own national interests. Every
body knows that in 1918 France SUP
ported the Cossack leader Scmcnnff
with arms and money. and he was
later taken up hy Japan.
Take the last exhibit in our state
mcnt OF yesterday, namely, radio
sent by General Tachibana. com
mandcr-in chief of tho Japanese cx.
Evolutionary forces in Siberia. on Oc-
tober 2, 1921. to the War Ministr
at Tokyo. This radio quoted the
French consul at Vlad'vos.ok as saw
ing that the transport Archduke
Franz Ferdinand arrived in Niadi-
VoStok with $50 men who had been
previously intcrncd in Mcsopotamia
and who were chiefly officers. The
radio dispatch added that within n
short time five more ships will bring
parts of Wrangcrs army from
Crimea.
Fighting Far East Republic.
"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 "Thc Japanese troops
have tccn there now over three
years. They are doing everything
possible so that order Will not
reign. and 10 dismcmbcr the repub-
lie.
IF we are not permitted to ap-
rear before Ia" conference and sub.
| nit our case, we will Issue formal
! protest and 1T the same time SEND
a memorandum To the conference
! setting forth the conditions In 81
IBERIA. The powers who participated
in the original intervention in. 81.
| IBERIA guaranteed cur integrity. 1t is
| their moral duty to see that the Jap
nnese army Ia syncunted