Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-28 | Page 27 | No Agreement Had with Japan

State Department Declares, However, That Negotiations Negotia-tions Are in Progress. WASHINGTON. IVc. 27.Japan and the V nit - d Stale.! have reaelu U no new agreement, i vKa riling the Siberian cpies-t cpies-t irn. it was sa id t inlay n t the state depart de-part me tit. Nei;ot ia t ions looking to such ii n a.ui-eenient, whieh w' re in it kited by Japan after t lie mont i'aiid atl viinefe of the Itolsheviki, still are in progress, officials offi-cials declari'i1.. The annouiua ment by the Japanese official offi-cial publicity bureau at Vladivostok that n common ground on whieh to base joint action in Siberia had been reached by l!ic twii countries, was beliovi d by oit'l-elals oit'l-elals hero to have had to du with th: luri'niu'ii; intend into some moots aso rt lntive tu Z'Mit'S ui the Siberian railioad to be protected t y American and Japanese Japa-nese troops. Advtees to tho state deparlm-'nt today saifi t lie rev. ilm iomtry Sneta lisi s who started an uprising at frUiitsk, tin new-seat new-seat of tho K.deliak po eminent, hmj t a ken possession of Die railroad sta t ion aeross tiie river from the city on Christinas Christ-inas day. Kolrh.ik's forces continue to hold the city. Only a small craft con- t relied by Czech troops, operates across the river. Members of tho American lied Cross parly in that vicinity were reported sate, and the dispatches said th n:pr?:-"enta-tivos of the entente yllis stationed at Irkutsk had not left the city. Japan is said now to hold the view that lie situation in Siberia resulting from 1 the riol.shevlkl advance demands, a read justment of tlu: relations of the powers which participated In the original military movement in Siberia, and lias approached the American government -m the subj et. The Japa lies.- are said to feel that il is their duty Uf hold iheir present line.- n gainst tlin advancing lolshevik wave, evoii thoimh It he noeessary to send strong reiidorcements to their army in Siberia.