Show U UI S. S TROOPS ARE NEEDED IN SIBERIA VITAL ELEMENT IN MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE ANCE OF RAIL TRAFFIC AND PREVENTION OF RIOTS President Wilson Replies at Length to the Resolution Proposed by Senator Johnson of California Recently Adopted Washington President President Wilson informed Informed Informed In In- formed the senate I Friday in response to a u resolution by Senator Johnson of California that the presence of AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican troops In Siberia was a a. vital element clement in lu the tho restoration and maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- of traffic on the Ole Siberian railroad railroad rail rail- road rond and that under the agreement with Japan the they could be withdrawn only when the American railway experts experts experts ex ex- operating the road were with with- dra drawn wn The president said Si Siberia erla could be e protected from a further period of chaos chao and anti anarchy only by keeping the railroad open upon and that lackin lacking the prime essentials of life the people there them were looking to the United States and the allies for economic as as- si This alread already is being extended extended extended ex ex- tended and additional supplies ore are to tobe tobe be he sent forward HII Roving Moving bands bunds having no connection with an any organized government in Russia Rus Rus- Russia sia are menacing the railroad the president said sahl a and amt consequently protection protection protection pro pro- by the military Is ne necessary essar American troops troop he lie said now are engaged engaged en en- aged In guard dut duty at Vladivostok and around A small bod body also I is at Harbin The 1110 original purposes of the American Ameri Ameri- can military expedition Mr lr Wilson wrote w were re twofold The saving 01 of the Slovak Czecho-Slovak forces and the steadying in of the time efforts of the lie Russians Bus Rus sinus sinns at self-defense self or the e establishment establishment establish establish- h ment of law and order in which they might be willing whiling to accept assistance Major General Graves Graes commanding the lie expedition of men was gas specifically directed not to interfere in Russian Hussian affairs the president said but hut to support wherever necessary John F. F Stevens the American u rall railway I engineer who I Is carr carrying n out the work I of reha rehabilitating the Siberian railroad i under the direction of the co committee i tt ee I |