Show I Official Word as to toC toCh C Ch Chino J hino-J in Japanese o-Japanese Action Is Lading Lacking By International NeVis Ness Service ServIe e. e I AMSTERDAM r March 2 Rumors tumors Rumors and reports pouring in from various sources early earh in tho the day das dasto a to the that both Japan Jalan and China have begun begun begun be be- gun to act in the Russian crisis failed to bo be borne box out by hy direct or indirect word from the two sources which alone c could uld authentically confirm ordeny or deny the deny the gove governments at Tokio and Pekin I IThe The last authoritative word from the tho Japanese capital up to late this evening c was that the question of ot in intervening in- in I 1 in Siberia was being seriously considered in conjunction I I I with the other powers fighting tho the general nhi Stories or of r the dispatch of ot Japanese troops In Siberia and of ot Chinese forces into Manchuria were welO therefore treated d with extreme reserve in of official of- of tidal and diplomatic quarters at nt this neutral point of oC observation ARMED ACTION EXPECTED Nevertheless the tho latest developments develop develop- ments meats at nt Vladivostok the tho great Russian Hut Rus sian port where where- Japans Japan's military power would bo be first felt if It indeed it were to bo be used at this Juncture wore taken hero as us fully tully wan warranting tho the Jenc general rEi 1 expectation of prompt action b bj by tho the mikado's armed forces Important conferences were reported report report- I ed cd in Tokio dispatches to bo under underway underway I way between the Japanese emperor his ministers and his lila ann army end and na navy chiefs ehlers Meanwhile the tho German Gennan advance In southern Russia la is being pushed energetically though thought In tho the direction I of or Petrograd no Important progress progress' was registered Kiev the Ukrainian capital recently captured h by Bolshevik vik vile forces has liis been occupied U by the Invaders In ers Ukrainian and Saxon troops have hwe liberated Kiev Klo I Is tho wa way the German German German Ger Ger- man war of office rica gave C tho the news to the world In the direction of or the former former former for for- mer Russian army headquarters tho the German center has haR reached Gomel miles Co o tho the north Below v Petrograd the situation f in 13 instill still RUn moro or less Jess stationary Tho rho I Germans are oro fortifying miles to o the southwest and uro arc holdin holding holding hold hold- in ing Iu Lugo Luga ninety miles south of ot the capital Advance ance forces had been InI in inthis inthis this town four lr days daH n ago o but It now set scorns to bo be hold held stron strongly l by invading tr troops ops PRISONERS CLAIMED Vienna reported today the surrender of or Russians to the Austrians and the seizure of or vast stores of oC supplies In the tho Ukraine Intensive Intend organization by tho the Bol- Bol of ot a defense of or Petro Petrograd continues the workers rs aiding tho the plan of ot resistance with unabated energy nerg Tomorrow night some dispatches I S say Monday noon the time limit given tho the Russians b by Berlin for signing the German conditions ex ex- ex- ex pires pres Reports that the new parleys at Brest Sk kayo havo been broken off oft by hy the tho Germans failed tailed to be confirmed confirmed con con- firmed b by word from Berlin BerUn today A now menace to Petrograd arises from the German advance anco toward vard on the Moscow ro cow Petro rad railway the chief food distribution point for Cor the tho capital |