Show JAPANESE BLAMED Fl FOR R LOW MORALE E AMONG YANKS u u. u S. S Soldiers in Siberia Have No Kick Coming Krantz Says Special Dispatch SAN N FRANCISCO Oct 17 The Tho Jt soldiers In Siberia are arc living w J In a climate very similar to that lot t your Northern states and arc are beter bet- bet Jar er equipped than any other troops I 1 IAre nave Are ever seen sten They certainly have n hD kick coming unless it be that they t jar Il serving a little longer than they expected In these words Carl E. E Krantz for two years manager In Vladivostok of the now abolished American committee on public Information and former lieutenant lieu- lieu v I tenant In the Russian army aire 1 l the depressing stories brought home by by American soldiers from Si SiberIa Siberia Si- Si beria on n every returning transport But he continued upon his recent arrival here the Japanese are encouraging enCouraging en encouraging en- en dissatisfaction in the theAmer- theAmer American Amern Amer- Amer ican n ranks because they want a to see seethe sees I JI the United States withdraw lra from o Siberia Si- Si be beria ia and leave it to them AFRAID OF AMERICA I The Americans Irk certain Japanese Interests In Siberia for the simple reason that they will not countenance their methods of ot housecleaning in anticipation of ot an influx of their countrymen coun coun- en Japan Is afraid of America fend md dares not apply her usual methods while American troops are quartered In Jn Siberia Krantz pointed out that the AmerIcans Americans Amer Amer- were supplied with food tood clothes and practically every creature comfort by the quartermaster corps and were not dependent upon Siberia for tor anything anything any any- thing save milk and fresh tresh vegetables which are there In abundance HAVE MORE MONEY Your men have no idea what real hardship is is he said If they are objecting to the way they are treated In ln Siberia they would not have lasted a a week on the Russian front during the final days das of the struggle against Germany They have more money to spend than han the average citizen and the b beet t quarters in all Russia They have been called caned upon for littie little little lit lit- tle tie or no fighting bu but t their presence prevented has has prevented ruthless Japanese aggrandizement ag- ag 1 on the plea that they are fighting Bolshevism Three entire Russian villages have been destroyed by the Japanese with fire and sword and with that for an excuse I cannot imagine an Instance where complaint was less Justifiable justiCiable than inthe In Inthe Inthe the case of the American expedition expedition- ary itry force In Siberia today |