Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-13 | Page 1 | U. .S Demands Explanation of Attack

JAPAN HELD CULPABLE Shooting at Five U. S. Sailors in Siberia, One Being Wounded, . Arouses Army, Navy WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (By Universal Service.) The United States will hold Japan atrirtly accountable for the attack at-tack made upon five American sailors during which one was ahot In Vladivoatok on Tuesday. February 8. It was stated by officials' here today. to-day. . Demai.da for all tha facts In this moat eerloua case were made by both tha atata and navy departments. Becretary Colby Inatructed the American onul at Vladivostok f forward an Immediate report. Secretary Daniels cabled similar Instructions to Rear Admiral Joseph Straus, In command of the Asiatic fleet, who will Immediately appoint a court of Inquiry. First of all tha admiral ad-miral will take tha deposition of the five sailors attacked and cable them to Washington. MUCH RESENTMENT. The blttereat resentment' was ei-pressed ei-pressed by both the atale and navr departments over this repetition of hostilities sgainst American forces In Vlsdlvostok. Japanese sources credit the attack to two former Russian officers, who neve- been recognized and apprehended, apprehend-ed, according to a message received by the etate department from the embassy em-bassy st Toklo todsy. In any event the Japanese are par. tlally responsible, officials ataieiK todsy. to-dsy. Their armed forces are In ab-aolute ab-aolute control of Vladivostok, which to all Intents snd purposes la now Japanese territory. Moreover, this attack Is but the culmination of a long series of hostilities hos-tilities by .tapanese upon Amerlcnn soldiers, sailors snd civilians In the Far East. PREVIOUS A8SAULTS. These attempts have become so frequent snd deadly, according to officio Is here, that It Is no longer ssfe for an American to show his face upon the streets, particularly in Vladivostok. This became apparent when a Japanese sentry shot down snd killed Lieutenant W. H. lainadcn of the I cruiser Alr.any. orr the street he ! was returning to his ship on Janu arv 4. . This event followed a leter from sn American marine nemed Gudd;i thst his wife, a former . Rurs'an rir. but an American bv manire. had been shot snd killed by a Japanese soldier on the street In Vladivostok In August. ' These two events only added fuel to the fire crented tv sn attack unon member" of the Fifteenth I'n'ted State infantry by Japanese soldiers at Tientsin. BROUGHT APOLOGY. The arrest of two American commissioned com-missioned officers and a sergeant bjr Japanese troops at NitOluevesk. Siberia, Si-beria, early In 1?0, whs such a ftairranf insfnc cf hottllitv that Major f.eneral W. 8. ft rav. then on the scene, did not wait for the war or state department to set. but demanded de-manded tin tmmedb.te apolog. An (.eneral Graves was backed by 8000 American trops. the apology was given at once.