THE SITUATION IN SIBERIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1920, Page 5

THE SITUATION IN SIBERIA.

WITHDRAWAL OP THE JAPANESE. | NO TERRITOKIAL ASPDIATIONS. py Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received Jan. 25, 6.5 p.m. Tokio, Jan. 22. According to Press reports, the Advisory Diplomatic Council has decided to withdraw the troops froni Siberia shortly. Japanese soldiers are now being sent to Siberia merely for the purpose of replacing losses. The Council asserted that Japan has no territorial aspirations in Siberia.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Tokio, Jan. 20. The majority of the Japanese are desirous of avoiding further commitments in Siberia. The chief newspapers arc flatly opposed to intervention and do not regard Bolshevism as a peril. They are undisturbed by its possible effects on China. The public regard themselves as immune against the inroads of destructive forces and those advocating wider military measures are looked upon as agents of the War Department— Times. New York, Jan. 21. The Tokio correspondent of the Chicago Tribune states that at a journalists' dinner given at Vl&divostock, Colonel Isome, head of the Japanese Military Mission, delivered a speech in which he said Japan would withdraw her troops from Siberia as soon as order was restored, but the interests of Japan must also be given cnosideration. The Japanese programme included security and peace for eastern Bussia, economic assistance to Siberia, and guarding the railways upon which Siberia's economic welfare depends. JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS. Received Jan. 26, 12.25 a.m. Washington, Jan. 24. The Army authorities have been informed that 5,800 Japanese reinforcements are about to land at Vladivostock. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.