Show i JAPAN Arm AND CHINA CHINATO CHINAI I TO CHECK HUNS HUNK HUNKS HUNK'S S 'S SALLIED ALLIED GOVERNMENTS ARRANGE MILITARY OPERATION CO-OPERATION TO TO MEET DANGER IN ORIENT Primary Purpose of Pact Is th the the- Safeguarding of Manchuria With possibilities Possibilities of Its Ultimate Extension to Siberia Washington Information has rent reached 1 Cl the war department of the j conclusion of ot an agreement between 1 S Japan and China for the protection of or their common interests In the far east against German aggression Although giving few details the reports to the department are said to make malte I It clear dear that the agreement was only for the period of the war and was solely for fol 1 protective purposes A joint defensive to counteract Getman German German Ger Get man aggression in Siberia is known to tobe be contemplated d but Information wa was lacking as to whether this tills would in involve volve a movement In force Into Siberia b bj b Japanese and und Chinese troops Asto Asto Asto As As- to the necessity for such action the the- ther r state department is not Informed but It is assumed that because of their their- proximity to Siberia SherIa Ju Japan an and Chins Chine with a much keener leener Interest in that country than any other powers doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less were In better position to know the extent of German influence mere and lOd the necessity for curbing it by military force Regarding the hc agreement as of a purely defensive nature the state department department department de de- does lOeS not believe It directly concerns the United States and ana consequently conse conse- fluently It Involves no change In the the- policy of the department in the treatment treat trent 1 ment meat of orthe the far eastern question That 7 policy It Is said aId properly might be be- to revision if In the future Japan and CI China sl should find it necessary necessary necessary sary or advisable to call upon the the- United States or the entente allies aIlles for for- military or other substantial assistance assistance assist assIst- ance anc In Ia carrying out their plans As As- the matter now stands statHIs there Is not the the- slightest disposition to question the the- motives that impel the two eastern na nations nations na- na nat t to join hands to protect themselves them them- selves salves from any danger anger which the they may foresee Practical dIf difficulty cult in the combination tion of ot Japanese and Chinese interests is suggested in diplomatic circles here here- through the disaffection In southern China But It is Js said that this i Is founded entirely upon the ambitions of ot Chinese leaders s without t any relation relation rela reIn tion to the situation in Siberia |