Japanese is anything but clear.
In Siberia the position of the
When the Koltchak government collapsed the Zemstvos at Yiadivostok and even the emissaries of the Red army were ready to negotiate apparently in the most friendly manner for the evacuation of all foreign troops, including the Japanese, and so far as any one could see every prospect existed of this evacuation proceeding with ecmparative smoothness. As all the Correspondents pointed cut, the Russians desired to see the last of foreign troops, especially the Japanese—quite a natural thing seeing the latter's close geographical position and the special, interest She might possess in Siberia. Japan seemed ready to comply with the requests of the Russians for the Keeping of her troops outside the danger zone, and whatever brushes there were between the Reds and her troops were no more than was to be expected in the general mix-up which recent events had created. But to-day the situation appears to be changed, and anxiety is displayed as to the fate of Japanese residents at Nikolaievsk, where the consulate has been burned down and the consul himself is missing. Events of this nature put a different complexion on affairs, and, obviously, everything is not well. Some days ago the Japanese papers had a report that a society had been formed in Siberia with the object of murdering all Japanese there. We may, of course, discount such stories, but it is only to he feared that the Reds are getting badly out of hand.
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