The Russian Dalta'News Agency issues the following note addressed by M. Yourin, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Far Eastern Republic, to the Japanese Government andj people. We take no responsibility for the statements made in it, the effect. of which is, generally, that Japan is responsible for the recent coup at Vladivostok in particular and the prevailing unrest in Siberia generally.
A Note addressed to the People and Government of Japan, fo the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Imperial Japanese Government.
On May 21, 1921, the officers of the Russian Militia at Vladivostok discovered a band of criminals who had arms stored in the house of 9 Japanese citizen. The Militia officers were unable to arrest the criminal band in view of the forceful and wilful interference of the Japanese gendarmes. The Russian Militia had at that time been reliably informed of an anti-government uprising, being organized at Vladivostok. The Japanese Command, which was aware of these preparations, not only did not prevent the illegal arming of these criminal elements implicated in the preparations, but, on the contrary, on May 26, the day of the uprising, surrounded the Militia and the People's Defence Guard and required them to hand over their arms, while no measures have been taken against the outlaw bands. Nor did the Japanese Command prevent the. occupation of the Goyernment establishments by the agents of Simionov who were set free by the Japanese Command. In short, the conduct of the Japanese Command at this time has not been different from its conduct on March 30 when an attempt at a coup in Vladivostok was made.
Elected by the Constituent Assembly, the Government of the Far Eastern Republic, fulfilling the will of the people, has tried to restore order over the entire territory of the Russian Far East and to establish friendly relations with all other nations. The Government has adopted every measure to liquidate as early as possible the of the disorder inherited by #v1¥%om the bandits of Simionov, who have been condemned by the whole civilized world. Rising against the atrocities of the bands of the Atamans, the population of Transbaikaha, which has experienced all. the horrors of Simionov's brutality, armed themselves with home-made spears and scythes and expelled Simionov and his bandits.
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