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Show SIBERIAN PAPER LAMBASTS JAPAN Article Charges Ruthless Killing of Innocent People TOKIO, Feb. 14 (By Mall). Strong critic. am of Japanese military repression repres-sion In Siberia is voiced in an article In the Tribune, organ of the Chita, Siberia, -government, aubmltted to the Japanese- foreign office today by the Japanese consul at Vladivostok. The Tribune article follows: "Japan, one of the powers that belongs be-longs to the league of nations. Is slay- Ing a number of Innocent people on the Russian Pacific coast, and slaying I them with Impunity. "In Grodskovo and other places 'where Japanese troops are stationed a life of security for Russians has become be-come an Impossibility. Most of the in habitants have abandoned their homes; schools have been closed; public officers offi-cers have been abolished and a number num-ber -of innocent people are dally killed. "The Russian civil guards are unable un-able to arrest offenders on account of Japanese Interference. To make mat- ters worse, most of the criminals are sheltered In Japanese military offices. We are not unaware of the dreadful consequenoes that follow In the wake of foreign troops In Russian territory, but we never dared dream that these troops should launch a colonial policy with regard to Ruaalan territory. "It ia Strang that the European powers remain ailent. We cannot but conclude that one of the objectives of the Japanese Is to, let ansreby loose In the msrltlme province. .. , "Japan may be desirous of mSklng peace with the new Far Eastern republic, re-public, but she must be reminded that the policy she Is st present following Is conducive only to Introducing anarchy an-archy Into the places where she now Is. This will not only breed hostile sentiment sgalnst any treaty being Signed with Japan, but will also heighten Ruaalan feeling against, the I Japanese." |