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Show EXPEDITION TO SIBERIA ILL LEOITL! Economic Mission Members Eelieved to Have Been Given Due Notice to Arrange Affairs. By Universal Service. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. The preliminary prelimi-nary statement of the state department of the-aims of Japan and America, in aiding aid-ing the people of Siberia to restore law and order will be followed this week, it is" thought, by a more formal announcement announce-ment of the part to be played by the economic mission to be sent to Vladivostok Vladivo-stok by the United States. It is generally understood that the organization or-ganization of the mission has to all purposes pur-poses been perfected for several weeks, members of the organization having been j given time to arrange their personal affairs af-fairs before sailing. Unofficially, it is said that many members of the mission will leave this country within the next three weeks. Although it is the expectation of many officials that the economic mission will play a major part in the aid which the United States and Japan contemplate, great interest attaches here to the probable prob-able course which the military phase of the program may develop. Among military mili-tary men the question of the nationality of the expedition's leader has been a source of continued speculation. U. S. Forces in East. The regiment of American, infantry and artillery now in China is commanded by a colonel. This force has been in China In consequence of the international agreement agree-ment relative to mainiaining open communications com-munications in China after Lhe Boxer uprising. up-rising. The American forces are not at war strength. In t lie Philippines the United States now has two rt-girnents. it is said, although thvre are thousands of schools. j Brigadier General Henry A. Green now is on his way to Manila to aid in the formation for-mation of the great organization of home guard units being .formed in the Philip- . 1 pines. It is thought in some circles that he mav pf-e p'-rvi o in Siberia. Brigadier I General William S. Graves, formerly assistant as-sistant to the chief-of-staff. General March, aiso is considered as one who may receive ord" rs to iead troops in Siberia, lie was d:sr.aP'hed to Frt-mont, Cal., within the pt month to assume cotn-mai.d cotn-mai.d of the Kig::th division, now being organized to war strength. Leader Not Chosen. That negotiations between this country and Ja; an r-lative to the announ-ed plan ; for a:d to Sinena took into consideration j the comma nd of the proposed e p'd: ' iun ; is gent-rally accepted bete. Although j Japan would be pleased if one of her j military leaders wa- put in comn.ar..l of, the expedition, her representatives in this rountry have emphas z-d the fact that a French or Italian baler no doubt would! be acceptable. It !s not llkeiy that a Kus-ian gen-nil of proven ability will be ; ctmsen, aKnouch this possibility has been put lorward by some of the military men I w!m ba e seen servb-e in the far east. Thr-se men roini out that If a Russian , ka'b-r, who ts aboe any charce of b me ; a react ion 'try. could be pjed in charge i of the bmall army, the effect would be ex- eMerit upon the Initial reception of the : newcomers. On the oth-r hand, it is said that the ba-lc policy of the expedition ' may in la re measure be determined by the council at Versailles. a!t!'.ouch for the : lute beine the en t ire work is to he a?- . surn'-d by the Japanese hiuI American' Kovernments. Certainly it has been ma-'e plain in the single official anno-aiu mont issued that Fr.Mve and Great Britain nre not to be directly interested in the steps Liken. Army officers here believe that certain units. Including et.gtm-ers aircraft, Sk--n ii I corp. and other s;e. lal'y trained corps ; will poon be on their way from this conn- : try to Siberia. It Is Paid that definite ! orders for this movement have not boon . issued. |
