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THE JAPANESE. OCCUPATION
RUSSIANS"NOT SUFRISKN,
The more of the Japanese, according OF VLADIVOSTOCK..
to a prominent official of the Zemstvo, SOME DETAILS OF THE COLP.
was expected in Russian headquarters. "On the night of April 4th the city of On Saturday they were parleying about Vladivostock was occupied by Japanese more barracks for the quartering of the streeps. According to a cable. rerived Japanese troups, and the Zemstva govern by this Jajma Advertiser, occupation was inent had promised to grant the demantis In the meantime I Lul on "the pretext that Japanese of the Japanese staff. arkliers had been attieked by this Rhs trainload of Russian soldiers had been signs, and that this made it necesary to sent out of the city, and companies of isarms all the Rusjan troops in the cityther troops had marched into the hills. and its vicinity."Practically all "the The militia, equivaleng to
a civilian [street of the city' were used as a battle alice, auf the naval cadets as well as a ground for the Japanese military demons fow details of guards were all that were Stuation; which lasted about eight hours: jeft of the revolutionary troops when the The Japanese' usast rides, "inchineguns seizure of the city was made at midnight and artilley, Bring in all direction..
Two Czechoslovak"soldiers werd Kille? by the Japanese and five wound-d. Prob. ably fly Russians were killed, while thousands of Russian gops were taken prisoner by the Japanese. Many of These are being released. The Japanese engualties were twis dead and ten wounded; The attuud of the population, as w
Fog Saturday.
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The Japan fizetic of April 9th containe the following in reference to the strike of harbour coolies ate Yokohama:5-
AMERICA AND JAPAN. WORK OF THE RELATIONS
COMMITTEE
The following statement, doing the
· geneds, purposes, "and beeomplishanen ta of the Japanese»Anaricum Ralations Kom- mitcrn, has been given to the Press:
Recently the relations of the United States of America, and Jays have been. anything But satisfactory. Misunders standing and distrikt ans creeping intu the minds of the two people, thus causing anxiety to those who are concerned alent the welfare of the two nations,
Some 2,000 volies employed., by ent stevedores are still going easy" pending a definite reply from their employers as to the demands advanged for more pay. Yesterday a confernce was held between representatives of the coolies and the em2
For the explict parpies of imperving players, and the later promise to give ). a definite reply to the desintils, not later this unwbolssense sigustiņu, the Japaneses than, the 13th inst. It was agreed that American. Relations waitress glas -or-
wu should
ganized for both countries, and in April, By to 'clock Monday morning the daring thes interval the
1919. Mr. Alexander and Mr. Lynch, re- streets were crowded with people. There continue, their work as usual, was no diserder of any kind and no at
The principal points in the demands aresenting the American side of the Page, rent to molest the Japanese soldiers who
mittee, made a special trip to Jagran t were guarding all the public buildings she rate of wages, which is now fixed at Ya, shall be raised by 20 per cent,; that had been seized and upon which the Japanese flag was dying. que sallenness written on the faces of that the time between sunset and midrange for a jim, conference" in Tokyo all Russians and marmuring against what night, and between midnight and dawn ben 1990 to Trankly and freely discuss, guest w.ts termed a most meglled for Herion,
a day and paid for ions relating to the Japanese widestep. On Tuesday morning the Japanese rack, regarded result of the Japanese comp, has become headquarters issued a proclamation declar- necordingly that in stormy weather and and lensehold of land in Calfinfant, ex Here-g that the action of the Japanese, con during à now-tall an exten. 50 per cent, change professorships and communistentious.
mand had been necessitated by the attack and an a Japanese patrol and on the be paid: that 30 per cent, extra be paid through whiell this junt enterefer took Japanese garage, opposite the Russian when engaged in handling, sulphur, ferti-place
In pursuance to th agreement Cathedral.
Alander and his molleagues-Br. Bengas lizers, oil, fans, salmon, ie, coal, coke, and other artistes which are considered mit Ide Wheeler. Mr. W. N. Moser, Mr. 11r. Loyal A. harmful from a sanitary, view-point, and William T. Sesgun,
serting the Japanese Relations Vomitter that should a goodie die while at work the Osborne and Mr. Water Lt tark - repres This is Mr. Alexand's second visit employer shall give Y to his reaved of Commerce, arrived in Japan ou álarch Family, and that if injured while at work 16th
Here it onlit te bted Kiat Mr. a the capieger sel pas all hospital and Japan in connection with this mission. Alexander has conecto Java as the head other expe;wesz
A membersof the Stevedores'. Fanplay-of the mission in spite of his ill health ntent Agency in purt, interviewed, ex- un account of his great fuerit in this pressed doubt as to whether the demand-matter.
The above enunter lina say toglitte will be approved by the Various shipping
n of intense suppressed hatred. tefore the Russians have regarded the Japanese only with a passive dislike The spirit of the city pressages fresh Broubles for the occupying forces
tion
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Such is a brief asuurt of the precesses
Wednesday morning. Says The Ad- vertiser's informant, There was a meet- During the preupation and on the ing of various Allied representatives in day ollowing, the civilian population of Vladivostock, and the members persuaded the city was handled and browbeaten by
the Japanese to give up the control of the Japanese troops and gendarmes in
the civil governant and permit the Eus macher comparable sily to the treatmentsina patrol to again, assume its function. accorded the Koreans.
That same day the Japanese issued an ne notable incident of the occupanther proclamation announcing that they would surrender the civil authority and occurred when Russian soldiers. wearing old British uniforms, were tied allow the Government to function with ropes
Whether this was carried out or Koreans and marched usual. through the main streets of Vladivostock.
The Allied diplomats here have been not is unknown.
FEW ALLIED TROOPS IN CITY. holding frequent meetings, but have been
Practically all the Allied troops besitles shle to obtain from the Japane little
range from 1940 to 1960, and if, ems unbly hall of the Bankers at lub every information regarding the real reasons the Japanese and zechs have left the pies. The wages of the coelies now with the Japanese Committee in the se for the starting of hostilities or the in-city. There As one detachment of An
ricans numbering about 30 solders who played in night work they are able, with morning from 9.30 to 1. B'clock, dei- tentions of the Japanese command.
are waiting for the Mount Vernon. This the present pas, to earn over 100 per berating on the questions referred his with a few addicional questions, such as pub transport. has been detailed to take the
This morning the Stevedores Employ.licity, industry, trade anal arade, nrbate German prisoners, heid by the Americans
f the reunits of the ronference: -- in Siberia.to their native land. The 50ment Agency discharged twenty-four of ralien. The following is broj skinnetry
1: Japanese Owneret is k soldiers are remaining in Vladivostock to the ringleaders, take care of the perteners. On Monday
Immigration. These morning they were given orders to appear
questions which en on the streets without any side arms and to make no comments on the turn affairs bad taken in the city,
In spite of the statement issued by the Japanese. that the fighting began when Japanes: patrols were attacked by Russians there is no conclusive evidence here that provocation was given by the Russians
"
Offcials of the Vladivostock Provisional Government returned to their battle sear red offices on Tuesday. Their first step was to issue a protest to Japan, but the
The Czechs are now in possession of the Medweder Government states that it will hold, all the allies responsible for this American base at the head of Golden It is estimated that there Pesult of the Entente interven Horn Bay.
ate between 20,000 and 40.000 of them in abte. the city at the present time. They in- The correspondent in describes the military occupation of werfered in no way with the Japanese Vladivostock as a great blunder-crown-veenpation and took no part in the seizure ing all the other errors made by ti of the ey Jananese military authorities in Siberin. The following further detail, were ob tained by the Jammu Advertise from a man who arrived in Japan from Vladivo stork.
bik
According to this man, who saw much of the rp of April 4th, and 8th., Japan committed one of the most monumental blunders in her histere and that without | even the shadow of justification.
"RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HAD BERK STAT.
month.
There
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At
present in purt Japanese, seyn British, on French, and 15 American vessels, so that the action of the coalies is seriusly affecting work in the harbour,
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JAPANESE IN" SIBERIA. FIGHT WITH BOLSHEVIKS.
Tokio, April 10th. The following statenient was issued by the War Office to-day
and
Las! awf A vital per the two
ples. Therefore, the Commifter Eu the most careful attention v. ther Subjects and spent seviral days Fredlynx changing views on them, and finalis cache' ed the conclusion that he canette u7 hoth sides will use the inceptielente veurs for the solution of these burning questions.
ment.
"g. The Co-operation of Capital. - The best way to reggent the relations of the two countries is to enter into evolviain There is considerable fehting going on
relations, Such enterprises have already been started in Japan and the results are: north-west of Vladivostock along the railroad, but the reports coming into Vladivostock are meagre, It is known
"The Fujii detachment, which defented most satisfactory, although there is plenty. that there are 25,000 Russian troops at
Mombers of the inferner Rive Nikolsk and that there are many garri about 1 Boshests in the vicinity of of margin for improvement and develop Pobowa on April 11th, emped in the ons stationed along the Cauri railroad eigbourhood the same night and congreed to take steps for the extension of y from Vladivostock to Habarovsk. What.
tinued it race on Chita en April this enterprise,
3. Cable Communication. Cable cons ever news 13 coming into the city is con.
falls fate 20th munication. trolled by the Japanese as they seized the 12th a route it received a report that
No satisfactory Cum telegraph station just as soon as they about 1,500 Bolsheviks, infantry
cavalry with to fili guns, were press-expectations. took over the government.
The Jarasette in the courte faing on the Rasinu truops stationed to nivati, ps on diplomacy or camere, 'enn The detach be carried on if it is left as it is now. Verknecitinskoje. protect leading article on the subject of News! wing At once grunterattacked, defeated There is a glaring need for the betterment tro Vladivostock" but containing na
In this of this conference that gruper stops be direct reference to the Japanese occupation and parsed the enemy. Verknechinskoje of this agency. Therefore it is the sense
was occupied in the evening. barks:-
batde the Japanee lust one officer and taken to form a plan for the necessary
The improvement. The public way he advised to accept four men wounded and one killed. with caution coming from Vladivostock enery casualties appear to have been 4. Exchange Profesorskijis. — Növek, and East Siberia generally unch of the large. One Hundred bodies were found les to say there comes great benefit from"
In order valme of reporte One point in the scattered along the highroad. The the exchange professorships.
initions ands out Legend all else and Japanese captured four machine-guns, 150 that this enterprise can be satisfactorily cold guide the judgnant, namely, that rifles and a farge number of waggons load conducted, it is important that certain a state of" ainreby exists in Far Eastern with fon-stuff, and clothing in this universities be selected where the profes Rusia, as elsewhere in Russia. There is way the attemps by the Bolsheviks, to scrships shall be established and tie
which Soviet Government
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蹑 Zemstvo
*is intended to
To make matters all the more serious for the Japanse military powers, when Blannel and engineered" the roup" he said.very Tow Russian soldiers were taken prisoners. Hecaine on the Saturday night reading the seizure of the town the soldiers were ordered into the hills by the Zemstvo officials. They knew for four days before according to a member of Medwufy's comprit. that the Japan were planning the, overthrow of the Re volutionary anternment and that they intended to disarm all the Russian troops; The buncil was called into sesión;
and
n advance from the ingota valley, toward change of professors can be carried „on,!.... ir was shown that any attempt at resist
Chingmor the north-west of Chita and to threaten In connection with this iterprise a prethod ance in the city of Vindivostock would Wearn Government, nor be futile in view of the fact that the Japan, as recugnised; there is a Social Chita has been entirely frustrated. No of publicity should be devised. Japanee had a superior fighting forceRevolutionary Farty that claims autho Bolshevik is in sight in the plains to 3. Trade, Especially Trade Arbitra- anti-Bolshevik the west of Chita and in the Chitation.There is danger that the gost and practically bad the city h their rits, 1ogether with an
relations of the two countries may be marcy. The soldiers were accordingly dis Party lad formerly by Denikin and the valley."
jate Koltchak; there is
jeopardized on account of disputes" that patched from the city and told to get into
may arise from commercial complications. the hills where they had u fighting chartes, Government; there are Green, Cadet,
Minurity Socialist, Social JAPANESE OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Therefore it is highly advisable to create, The cadets at the naval college on Anarchist,
an agency fur the purpose of arbitrating Golden Horn by alone refused to heare Democratic, Labour, Co-operative, and
Toxio, April 20th. uch disputes: The conference energe the city and when the Japanese cum tother, Parties without end, all claiming take over the place they resisted. They some right to rule and each making con-
The Foreign Offer issued a statement and endorses most heartily the establisk-
['ment of such an agency. did not have a chance, and were mowedfusion. Worse confounded. Somewhere 'be
6-Industry. The labour question down with machine-gun fire. Many were hind and beneath is the Monarchical Party last nigh which it says killed in the action and the Japanese which is only waiting an opportunity to counteract reports circulated by Rasgians has a direct relation to industry and it troops took over the college and the vast leap once more into the saddle.. In fact,
at Vladivostock laying the blame on the is of an international nature. It highly important that one country should learn naval yards and drydocks as well as the Russia, as it was, exista no more; there is" naval hospital Naval Headquarters, on no National Government; the country is Japanese for the instigation of the .out Prom the experience of the other in deal the corner of Svetlanskaya and Peter the accordingly in a condition of no-Govern-break of 3th April." The Foreign Office ing with the labour situation, as the cecnomic.conditions of each country differ firent Street, on the top of which building ment or anarchy. In such circumstances the government wireless apparatus is is naturally almost impossible to learn asserts that "notwithstanding the full from those of the uther. It is must help- located, was also Reized. The headquarthe true conditions of the country, because agreement existing between the Japaneseful for Japan to get data, concerning the ters of the Zemstvo government at the latter is naturally divided up among and Russians, the latter on the night of labour question from the United States, of Svelanskaya and Aleutskaya was point of a most severe attack, and the partisans all of whom can see events in 15th April fired upon Japanego sentries at Amerien, in order that the former may
their own cominder
peaceful relations of Some the arrival of armed Allies would be before retaliating requested them to stop perfecting the the resistance offered was very slight and welcomed as a sight fur, sore een," a booting, but the firing redoubled, where capital and labour,
After the eight days of the confer- heralding order and stability once more; upon the Japanese replied.""Russian for others in the same neighbourhood, troops," the statement proceeds, raidedence, the Joint Committee was dissolved "Bunday night the city was quiet as auch an arrival would mean a serious the Japanese barracks and attacked the with many expressions of mutual estrena usual and the Hasian patrols were on menace to license in action and would, redenee of the commander of the Japan and satisfaction over the work accomplish- duty in various parts of the city. Two therefore be something to misrepresent est expeditions, therefore the Japanesed. It was the general sentiment that Japanese soldiers, according to rumours as thoroughly as possible In fact, as decided to disarin the Russian troops at beginning had been made by the confer- cairent in Vladivostock, were sent pathost every one of the many Russian Vladivostock and also those in the Markence that might lead to a posible solu with instructions to pass through the ter factions desires absolute licence to carry time Province whose attitude towards the tion of some of the international difficul ritory occupied and patroled by the Rus out its theories, the probability is that Japanese had been even worse than that ties tween Japan and the Unite sians. They were to pay no attention to the appearance of anybody or anything of the Russians at Vladivostock."
The statement goes on to maintain that the challenge of any sentries, and if representing settled government would be molested to return and report the matter regarded by some section of Russians as the Russians had evidently deliberately
DRUNKENNESS AND CRINE. to headquarters. When they entered the anathema and a fair target of attank. planned to attack the Japanse as soon area guarded by the Russians they were This is the danger which any alien nation as all the American and other "Allied
Had the The House of Lords has delivered judg- challenged and, refusing to obey the chal-or national taking any action in Russin treops had left Vladivostock. lenge. were fired upon.
these days must expect to enceinter. Japanese commander not acted us he did, ent allowing an appeal by the Crown This brought the Jupidese troops The average Russian is a great converthe Foreign Oflice declares, hundreds of from a judgment of the Court of Criminal from all their barracks and between 13ationalist, if not a great orator, and incent Japinese and other foreign resid-Appeal reducing a-verdict of murder to o'clock midnight, Sunday, and & o'clock he is nearly always a strong partisan of ente as well as Redanti-Russians would one of manslaughter in the case in which night watchman, who was drunk, acci- Monday morning the Japanese Brize every public building in the city and group or other. A correspondent undoubtedly have been slaughtered."
After asserting that, the reports that the dentally suffocated a girl whom he wat when the people came on the streets in in East Siberia, trained Ao skift preses, the early hours of the morning the Japan would probably have an alinost impossibly Japanese cruelly treated women, children violating. The Court held that the Judge "ahsolutely onjuntiu Assize had not properly directed the The jury on the law relating to criminal YON fied." the statement concludes. ese flag was flying and the red fing of diffenlt task there just now, but it would and wounded are
monsibility in the Soviet was nowhere to be seen. The be an El Dorado for the amateur Japanese were forced to act as they did because he had not pointed out that the
Nevertheless "great is the Japanese made no attempt to, arrest the nondent.
officials. The few soldiers re Truth and it will prevail eventually, in self-defence. Their action has to poli-preumption that a drunken man, must andeks, were taken prisoners and detained in the meantime, it is well to discount authorities do not seek any malition in arts might ha rebutted by sharing that A raid was then made on all the Korean reas of wilently partisan comnlexion fluence or territory. It is understood that his mind had been so affected by drink colonies in the vicinity and they were from such News Exchanges as Vladivo joint conference of the Russian and that he was incuable of knowing that Japanese authorities is now amicably dis what he was doing was likely to inflict herded like cattle through the streets to stick.
cussing the points of settlement,"
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