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Show Plans Active Steps if Soviet-Advance Soviet-Advance Threatens Imperial Im-perial Interests. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Conversations Conversa-tions have been begun between the Japanese ambassador anil Secretary of State Lansing on the situation in Siberia. Si-beria. The advance of the soviet forces toward to-ward eastern Siberia and the retirement retire-ment of the Kolchak government to Irkutsk, on the shore of Lako liaikal, is viewed with alarm by Japan .as bringing the Bolshevik menace closer to her doors. It is felt that anv closer approach of the Nolsheviki might imperil im-peril Japanese national interests. While no further movement of the red armies is anticipated before Hie abatement of t lie rigors of the Siberian Sibe-rian winter next April, the political situation in Siberia will be kept under the closest scrutiny by Japan. If it should lie considered that the Kolchall government has not recuperated sufficiently suffi-ciently to oppose greater strength in stemming the Bolshevik advance than has been tho case in the past few months, Japan may be forced to take active measures for the protection' of her interests. It is believed that these measures v-ill be in the nature of a military expedition ex-pedition to form a wall against the Bolsheviki in Siberia and 'to prevent any overflow of the Bolshevik eruption into Mongolia, Korea or Manchuria. It has been intimated that before' inaugurating in-augurating a further military-policy iu Siberia, should such a move become necessary, Japan will engage in an ex-i-hange of views with the t'nited Slates aiid will probably suggest increased military cooperation on the part of this government. It has been indicated iu high official offi-cial quarters here that should such a suggest in n be made bv Japan the Vr-P-ed States could not accede, to it in view ol the position of this L'uvcrnment with reference to the Kolchak admin, is-ration. |