THE FAR EAST.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16152, 5 March 1918, Page 7

THE FAR EAST.

JAPAN MOVES. I TROOPS ENTER SIBERIA. (By Cable—Press Association —Copyright.) (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, March :i. Hie Japanese Embassy reports' vliat Japanese and Chinese troops have entered Siberia. The Japanese are merely guarding the railway near Harbin. LARGE FORCE READY. (United Service.) LONDON. March 3. A high Japanese official in London states that Japan has long been waiting a chance for effective military cooperation conformable with the Allies' interests. There is a large force at Korea ready to advance at a few hours' notice It can be quicklv reinforced. The Russo-Japanese alliance has not been abrogated by the Bolshevik policy. Japan is entitled to intervene without; antagonising Russia. The '"'Weekly Despatch's" Tien-tsin correspondent reports that Japan and China are already sending troops to Siberia and Manchuria respectively. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS NOT SEVERED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) TOKIO, March 3. Baron Motono (Minister of Foreign Affairs), speaking in the Diet, emphasised that Allied Ambassadors left Petrograd because their personal safety was endangered. Diplomatic relations were not severed. Count Terauchi warned the peop'o to consider the subject calmly. They must take the greatest care not to make mistakes. OPINION IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 3. Washington correspondents point, out that the situation is delicate, because the Allies do not want the bolsheviks to construe Japanese participation as an unfriendly act towards Russia. The ''New York Times" states:— "If Japan lands a force at Vladivostok, Japan will not establish a shadow of a title to retain Siberian territory after the war. It is absurd to suppose that Japan will make nueh pretensions." The "New York World" believes that Great Britain will not consent to the dispatch of a Japanese force to Siberia without definite agreement legarding its employment and the ultimate withdrawal of the troops. The "New York Herald" suggests that the Japanese should invite f,he Chinese to co-operate in any protective movement in the Far East. BOLSHEVIK MOVE NOT CONFIRMED. (Eeuter's Telegrams.) NEW YORK. March 3. The United Press Tokio correspondent says:— "The report that, the Bolsheviks seized tho piers at Vladivostock containing munitions and supplies valued at a hundred million roubles is not confirmed. The Bolsheviks threatened to requisition foreign merchantman, whereupon Allied warships in the haibour prepared to land marines. "After a meeting of the Emperor and Cabinet on Friday, Admiral Tunaki hurriedly departed for Vladivostock."