Show JAPANESE PLEDGE TO lEi LEAVE SIBERIA I Delay Dclay in Evacuation Declared De Dc Glared to Be Due Only to Conditions t Washington ton April 3 Japan Japan Is unable unable unable un un- able to withdraw its troops from SIb Si Siberia SI- SI b beria orla at this time because of oC the danger danger dan dan- ger confronting Japanese citizens in that country countr and the menace to J in- in churia and Korea growing out of oC pres pres- present present ent political conditions In Siberia according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to a n. statement published In the tho Official Gazette Gazelle at Tokio transmitted today to the state department The Japanese government rea reaffirms that as soon as the safety of or the lIv lives s sand and property of oC its nationals is as assured assured as- as the political conditions in Si Siberia SI- SI beria berla settle down it will evacuate the tho country countr provided the Czecho Czecho- CzechoSlovaks Czechoslovaks slovaks have hae L Luca n completely with wIth- dra drawn wn The geographical relations ons of ot the empire with Siberia differ from those thosa of ot the tho other powers 8 Raid d the state state- ment Not ot only do the tho political conditions con con- in far tar eastern stern Siberia affect conditions both in Manchuria and in Korea but a large larSo number of or the the- Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese residents In Siberia are nrc practically practically pray placed under such conditions that the safety of ot their lives and property property property prop prop- erty cannot be bo assured This Is 19 the reason why the tho empire is not able to withdraw the troops im Im- Im mediately The empire entertains no political ambition toward Russia As soon as ns the political conditions in the territory adjacent to our country settle settle settle set set- tle down as ns soon as the menace to Manchuria and antI Korea Koren have been beon re removed removed re- re moved mo the safety Rarely of ot the tho lives and property of ot the tho Japanese residents assured as asI assured as- as and th the freedom of communications I guaranteed g wo we hereby reaffirm our pledge that the empire will evacuate evacuate ate Siberia provided the CzechoSlovaks CzechoSlovaks Czechoslovaks Czecho Czecho- slovaks have been completely with with- d drawn ra n. |