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Show OFFICIIS DEI JAPANESE tt State Department Asserts London Dispatches to This Effect Are Put Out by Germany. ENTENTE SEEKING TO AID RUSSIANS Czecho-Slovak Commander, Now in Washington, Asks Leaders Not to Leave for Western Front. By H. H. STANSBURY, Staff Correspondent Universal Service. WASHINGTON, July 27. State department depart-ment officials today branded as false and inspired dispatches sent here from London Lon-don Indicating that a movement of Japanese forces into Siberia already had begun. Tho information alleged that the Japanese advance was being made in compliance with an agreement approved by the United States and Great Britain. VAH such reports must be regarded as German propaganda, intended to inflame the Russian people against Japan, the United States and the entente powers," said a representative of the administration. administra-tion. "President Wilson now is endeavoring endeav-oring to solve the problem of how best to aid Russia. The plan will not be announced an-nounced until every possible assurance has been obtained that it is acceptable to a responsible element of the Russian people." , Dr. T. G. Maraysk, commander-in- ; chief of the Czecho-Slo-vak forces in Si- ; beria, who is now in Washington, an- i nounced today he had cabled hia leaders to abandon all thought of quitting Russia for the western front. The message was sent after frequent conferences between Dr. Maraysk and state department officials of-ficials and a visit to tho White house. Contradicts Propaganda. The significance of this action is that it contradicts the propaganda which has endeavored to show that the allies and the United States were planning military operations on a vast scale in Russia. The Czecho-Slovaks have announced that they will not participate in any military movement against the Russian people. The events which have placed the Czecho-Slovaks in possession of the trans-Siberian railroad and considerable territory in Siberia were purely defensive against political factions under the control con-trol of German leaders, it is claimed. Reports made, public from diplomatic representatives of tho United States in Sweden lay bare Germany's statement for mastering kv.J tvploiting Russia. The substance of these reports follow: "There can be no doubt of Germany's aspiration to control the Russian market and exploit Russian resources. The German Ger-man military and political successes which have made It possible for Germany to gain control of the line of provinces extending from Finland to the Ukraine give her a free hand for commercial operations op-erations in that territory. If permitted to- continue after the war, this influence will effectively cut off from the outside world the hinterland of those provinces, eastern and interior Russia. Germany in Control. "Russia will bo forced to trade with the outside world through Germany or through German-controlled states, the former Russian provinces. At the same time, German enterprises will not only exploit these controlled states, but will also see to the exploitation of the interior in-terior of Russia. "In this way the whole Russian empire, em-pire, at least the European part of it, will be at the commercial mercy of Germany. Ger-many. German industrial experts will flood Russia and German wares will be sold to the exclusion of those manufactured manufac-tured in other countries." The government of Sweden is greatly alarmed over the commercial policy Germany Ger-many is already planning to institute in Finland, following the recent military and political successes. Here are excerpts from comment on the German peace treaty with Finland received at the state department through unofficial channels: "For the Swedes and other countries this means that in competition on the Russian market German competition will have to be reckoned with from two quarters: German Sanction Necessary. "In. the peace treaty it is most interesting inter-esting to note Germany's guarantee that Finland '8 independence shall be recognized recog-nized by all powers, and the pledge of that country not to cede any part or grant any privileges to any foreign power without with-out Germanv'a consent. "It is said that the Germans themselves them-selves have been quite surprised at the readiness of the Finns to accept the conditions con-ditions imposed and that they would have been willing to ayxee tn certain modifua-rions. modifua-rions. It is to he hoped, however, that the price of German help will not cost the young state so much that it will seriously se-riously depress the country's own trade." A great mass of information of this character now is In the ha mis of the Washington officials and has emphasized the necessity of aiding Russia to throw off the German yoke by conciliatory methods, rather than risk a policy which might not further cement existing ties. |