UNREST IN SIBERIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 April 1922, Page 5

UNREST IN SIBERIA.

RIVAL FACTIONS DISAGREE. SERIOUS SITUATION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Tokio, March 29. Advices from Vladivostock state that with the Dairen Conference again at a deadlock, a serious situation is arising in the maritime province, the Reds demanding the right to pursue the White Army into the railway zone established by the Japanese. A.' brush is reported at Grodekovo, in which a Japanese force engaged in manoeuvres was attacked by a Chita detachment numbering 300. The Japanese replied, killing thirty and suffering three casualties. The fight lasted au hour. Another clash is reported from Evgeni fuka, but no details are available. The Foreign Minister (Janson) at Chita sent a Note to the Japanese commander stating that whereas the Japanese were assisting the Whites the military agreement respecting the neutral zone was violated and abrogated, therefore the Reds proposed marching on the zone at Vladivostock. The Japanese referred the matbar to Tokio, not desiring to assume the responsibility for precipitating war. Meanwhile the Japanese commander has notified the Chita Government that the Red advance will be resisted pending Tokio negotiations. The Chita Note says that whereas a commercial agreement is soon to be signed at Dairen they expect the Japanese not to abject to the Red campaign in the zone, but that they will sujjport and facilitate, the operations of the Chita Army.