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Show ARGUMENTS ON RUSSS1TLIAT10N Intervention on the East Front a Good Military Move to Relieve West Front. TOKIO, July 31. (Correspondence of the Associated Press) One of the arguments ar-guments set forth here In favor of a combined intervention by the Entente Nations in Siberia was that It was imperative im-perative as a military diversion. The European nations in the Entente were represented as believing that if the expeditionary forces did not penetrate into Russia as far as tho old 'battle line on the eastern front, it would nevertheless, relieve the French front and force tho Germans again to prepare pre-pare to meet an adversary on the eastern eas-tern front. It was urged here that an expedition expedi-tion composed of forces of the leading Entente nntions would be absolutely friendly toward Russia and would rally to its force Russian elements which are believed to be bitterly opposed to the German domination. It was also contended that such an expeditionary force would counteract tho economic and industrial, as well as political, penetration of Russia by the Germans. The indicationsrero are that the economic aspects of the war are attaining at-taining a very important stage and the belief is expressed4 that if Russia is left alono there Isdangor of her falling fall-ing permanently under tho economic grip of the Germans. France, which has mado immenso loans to Russia, was said hero to believe be-lieve that a military movo from the East, cautiously conducted, w.ould save something to the entente of (heir tremendous tre-mendous economic interests in Russia. Rus-sia. England was described as fearing German advance , towards tho Indian frontier and as feeling that a joint intervention would protect the situation situa-tion in that direction. Japan and China, who aro now united unit-ed in a military agreement, have the Interest of protecting themselves against the advance of the German menace to tho Far East and are believed be-lieved to be sympathetic to any project pro-ject which would check possible eastern eas-tern aggressions. Still another consideration raised hero as justifying intervention is that Germany is steadily employing Russians Rus-sians in her munition plants and general gen-eral enterprises connected with the war and is thus ablo to relieve a large number of her own citizens for service ser-vice on the western front. This development de-velopment is declared to be a new menace which is liable to lengthen the war. Advocates of intervention insist that it should bo of a nature to hold and reconstruct Russia. From a military standpoint, it is understood the Jpanese army Is ready for any emergency. As a prominent diplomat told the correspondent, "Washington has only to push the button and intervention will come immediately." The opponents of intervention question ques-tion its advisability. They think it would be steadily opposed by the Bol-shoviki, Bol-shoviki, and prove to be an error similar simi-lar to thill, of Gallipoli and Rumania. |