JAPAN AND KOLCHAK

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 207, 27 May 1919, Page 5

JAPAN AND KOLCHAK

DEALINGS CRITICISED . BRITISH PRESS COMMENT (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, May 15 (delayed). General Ivolchak, in a letter to Mr. Winston Churchill, expresses profound appreciation of Britain's assistance. The sole desire of tho Siberian troops was to liberate tho country.

Tho "Manchester Guardian" says that Jananeso recognition of Kolchak, who olaims to bo the legitimate ruler of all Russia, is equivalent to a declaration of war on the Bolshevists, and a complete reversal .of the . Allied policy. This independent action' suggests independent interests and an independent bargain. "Has Kolchak promised Japan the remaining Russian section of tho , Mancliurian raihvny, or a predominant position in the exploitation of Eastern Siberia? There are also numerous hint 9 that Kolohak has transferred to, Japan suzerainty over Mongolia. Tho question manifestly involves China, who may fiiid the wholo of the north circlod with Japanese railways and spheres of interest. The transactions in Shantung and by Kolchak Uneaten to give Japan practically a monopoly of enormous markets."

The "Daily News" slates that Japan's recognition of Kolchak gives very sinister point to General Itaig's recent speech. The newspaper asks: "Does this step inenn the cold assertion of Japan's determination to 6taiul out for her claims in the East before' the West is sufficientlv. recovered to dispute tlieni ?"—Aais.N.Z. Cable Assn.

["Sir Douglas Haig, when he was installed as Hector of St. Andrew's University on May 11, said, in the coureoof a speeoh:—"The passions from which war arises still exist in every quarter of the globe, and'only await, appropriate moral, political, and economic conditions to burst forth. We must be prepared, and should not fail to understand, that the Yellow Peril is one of tlie utmost soriousness. The Chinese must eventually demand a place iu the European labour market. India is seeking social, political, and industrial development. All races must receive British freedom and justice, enabling them to rise to our ;standard of life."]

THE ATTACK ON PETROGRAD Copenhagen, May 15 (delayed). The Pelrograd authorities aro advising the population to leave the city. All the Government institutions will be remoVed on July 1, cuttiug off the Neva district from Soviet Bu6sia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asn.

FINNISH MOBILISATION. London, May 16 (delayed). The Finnish Army is" to be mobilised on May 25 against Ru?sia. The . main force will endeavour to uut the communication between Murmansk and Pelrograd.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ESTHONIANS CLOSING IN. London, May 25. Tt is reported that the Esthonian's have captured Peterhof (on the south shore of the Gulf of Finland, and 18 miles west of Pelrograd).—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.