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Show have a tendency to prevent any siu'b setback to civilisation. It certainly coulj not come during the present generation. INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA. The atireenieut between the United Stares and Japan regarding intervention interven-tion iu Kussia will have the approval of rijiht minded people all over the world, for such intervention does not mean the impairment of the rights and soveruiguty of the Russians, which are held saered both at Washington and Tokio. Tlie primary purpose of sending 'a few thousand men" to Vladivostok is to safeguard the city and protect the westward movement of the Czechoslovak Czecho-slovak army. The Czeeho-Slovaks have been fighting with armed Austrian and German prisoners of war and also with the Bolsheviki, now regarded as allies of the Huns in many respects. But it is specifically stated that the Americans and Japanese will earnestly aid any effort ef-fort at self-government and self-defense iu which the Kussians themselves may be willing to accept assistance. The United States will continue to operate with the allies in the Murman coast and at Archangel. Nothing was said as to what extent we are to participate in the Arctic war zone. But President Wilson has other plans concerning the rehabilitation of Russia. At a later date it is proposed to send over the Pacific a commission of merchants, mer-chants, agricultural experts, labor ad- visers, Ked Cross representatives and agents of the Y. M. C. A. These men will go to Russia just as soon as the time arrives when they can begin their good work. Tiie president has labored unceasingly for many weeks to solve the Siberian situation and the present agreement is the result, all the entente allies consenting. There are those who hold to the opinion that America and Japan should send great armies into Siberia with all possible haste, but Mr. Wilson would not listen to the proposal for two reasons. The first was that he did not want to interfere with the program pro-gram of landing a big army in France j in the quickest time possible. Secondly !he did not wish to take the chance of arraying the whole body of Russian people again.st tiie United States bv attempting at-tempting to set up a government for them. As the matter now stands the Russians will be allowed to work out their own salvation, with the A-mericans and the Japanese ready to help them if they will accept asUtane. This is the very e-sence of the sturit of democracy and with the United States and .Japan going forward together, to-gether, animated bv a common purpo-e to do gr.od and advance the proi:r'';3 of ci vilixa ion, the '"'far e:i-t-rn que.-- io u ' ' wil iiot !el any further suin i'Ui. The Tokio stai t-Mient ciicerning intervention concludes as follows: Jn adopting this cour-t-, the Japanese government remains constant con-stant in their desire to promote ! relations of enduring friendship, ! and they reaffirm their avowed policy of respecting the territorial integrity of Rmsia. and of abstaining abstain-ing from all. interference in her internal in-ternal ' politi'-s. They further declare de-clare that upon the realization of the objects above indicated, they will immediately withdraw all Japanese troops from Ruthin territory, terri-tory, and will leave wholly unimpaired unim-paired the sovereignty of Russia in all its piiric.;, whether political or military. Wq take that at its faee value and we sec no rea-ou wliy the li'issians should ha ve any doubts regard i ng the rectitude of Japan in this matter so long as they are convinced at the goi will and honest intentions of the American Amer-ican go', ei r, m"Mit in the premise. Some time a'o the new-papers were rjim. t 'd not to Hpf-ciilate upon the cjiietinn of intervention in b'u' ,si;i for f en r t h;i t erroneous ei,rielnsions might )fl drawn a tid the -i t uat i on st ill f u rther com pli -caled. J'oit with the publication of tlin a greeirien t, between V.'u a n gt on and Tokio it i--. no longer necessary to remain re-main sihnt, for the whole affair has been icuioVed from tiie realm of speculation specu-lation and we now know f ij- a certainty what the future hobN in More for Kus i;i, at Je;ni ((f; far a- ind-rvenl ion upon the j art of the entente allies ami the Initial S; a t i-h in eoio'er ned. Oi i nn h:i s 11 rd been e 11 1 1 rd v over-looked over-looked in the agreement, attiring the attics., at-tics., for vf notice th;it. the government nt I'el.ing has appropriated I udijiin to finance the end i n g of a f 'h i in1 e regi ment to Vladivostok. This recognition places f liMia flefinitely amrmg the civilized civ-ilized powers and it. will be the fnu't. of the f'hine-c people henr-el '"' if thev fail to retain the po iiiou. It ha-: been -aid mnnv timet- since the v.'ar iu Kurope began that, the next, great slniggde would be ''or the mn dery flf f. p:iciie, with .1 a ; .a n re; ; t j , the o r'i en t. 11 n d I lie t'nih'd Stat, s the Occident.. TP, re a 1 e no v i ' i hie ' i us of such a. conflict at tli.- pre cut lime and we are nodinc. lo thin: thai I he e-.i ding eh n ; ocia lion letweea I Ii i - con 11 1 1 . fi ml .f ;i pan will |
