Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1920 — ALLIES BLAMED FOR JAP ATTACK [ARTICLE]

ALLIES BLAMED FOR JAP ATTACK

All Entente Nations Held Responsible for Battle at Vladivostok. AN INVESTIGATION IS ASKED Head of Revolutionary Regime Requests Diplomats to Demand That Japanese Release All Prisoners at Once. Vladivostok, Siberia, April 16. —All the allied nations are held responsible for the “tragic results” of the Japanese attack which recently ousted the Russian revolutionary government from control here, says a statement made public by M. Medvedleff, head of the revolutionary regime. In lodging a protest against the action of the Japanese, M. Medvedleff declare he addresses all the allies, as intervention in Siberia was undertaken by them collectively, and he asserts responsibility for the consequences must be shared equally by them. Wants Allies to Act. He asks diplomats of the allies to propose to the Japanese that all Russians under arrest be released, that all government buildings held by Japanese be evacuated, that the Japanese government explain the attack and offer an apology to the revolutionary government, that Japanese troops cease searching buildifigs here and that arms taken forcibly from Russians be returned. Appointment of an international commission, including Russians and Japanese, to conduct an unprejudiced investigation of the cause and circumstances of recent events tn this city is requested, and the allies’ diplomats are asked to inform their home governments of this action. Russ Statement of Action. “On the night of April 4-5,” the statement says, “without known cause, Japanese troops in Vladivostok forcibly disarmed all Russians, posted guards, hoisted their flag over government buildings and fired on some edifices. Several military and .civil officials of the provisional government were arrested, and considerable property damage was done during the disorder. “This action on the part of the Japanese was all the more unexpected because it occurred during a period when negotiations were going on between the Japanese and Russian authorities, In which the latter had protaised to settle peacefully all questions arising from the presence of Japanese troops in Siberia. “Charges by the Japanese command that Russians fired on Japanese guan • are categorically denied. Strict orders were given against such action I - the provisional government, which Is willing to submit all incidents to Inquiry by a court of the allies.” Officials of the revolutionary government returned to their offices today and Issued a proclamation to the people asking them to return to work. Russ Accept Japanese Terms. Tokyo, April 16.—The war office announces that the provisional government in Vladivostok on Monday evening signed an agreement accepting most of Japan’s terms.