| Show JAPAN TO SIBERIA PROPOSE JOINT MILITARY OPER TO SAVE WAR SUP PLIES FROM HUNS situation Is regarded by japanese as warranting military action and the allies are invited to cooperate co operate with them washington japan lias has directed in ili lii lilea les to the entente powers tilt tile united states government to test their feeling towards a proposal to institute joint military operations tit in to save the vast quantities of oc ar s supplies lip stored at vladivostok mid along the SIber siberian itin railroad lall road criticism nt at home or of tile the failure of japan to play it larger baiger part in fit the lie war ar Is aid to liao have been influential lit in bringing about tho negotiations officials here refuse to discuss this subject tor for publication but it Is un till ders dei stood that so far as america Is s concerned conce ined tile proposition when first broached blen ched was ais not wholly tile the exchanges on tile he subject which holcli hl cli anro in ill progress lilay na result in III modifying the hie attitude heavy supply stocks accumulated lit at vladivostok are aie nill lull gitary supplies of till all linda hinds innell of al manufacture ond and even cen gi greater eater quantities of Japan pho origin which were eio delivered long before the belshe took possession of tile itus the llie stevens commis commission gion of american engineers made binary efforts to improve the facilities of 0 the siberian railroad so EO that those these stores stoics could le ile transported westward cst md for foi the use aiho of the it aminy on oil the german and austrian fronts A good deal of a niti lation was as removed moed ie but gret remain on oil the lie docks and lit in and even in the open both at vladivostok at points westerly ftc seil on the road the hie material suffers greatly front deterioration through exposure but the principal inetter of concern to the lie allies Is the danged that the stores shall full fail into the HIP hands of the G crimans cri nans arbo i lio may inal nuiko make their delivery a condition of tiny nn pence lanco treaty which holcli they ali i inny compel the to sign tills situation Is regarded by b the japanese ns as warranting military nc IC tion on oil their part they me are quite willing to have the lie operation cooperation co of tile lie plit entente elite abnel jenn force an and tile problem iio low before tile co belligerents Is whether japan inpan shall bo be allowed to proceed anglo single handed if such stich a cata align Is I 1 s begun or 01 whether there shall be joint operations it lias has been in ar glied that lint there should lo ile 10 IL ill alon to t avold tiny question us its to tn the ultimate disposition of mccu plod filed territory in ili siberia |
