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Show RUSS-ME GROWING GRAVE Evacuation in Siberia Demanded Demand-ed Japes Fear Safet of Interests in Territory VLADIVOSTOK, April 3. (By the Associated Press; Delayed) The Russian Rus-sian Japanese situation is the center of intcresl. With the departure of the Americans the Russians by every means possible, officially, by a boycott and ihrough the press, are demanding evacuation by the Japanese. The latter lat-ter have announced repeatedly it is impossible im-possible to withdraw their forces until the safety of Japanese interests in i Asia is assuied. j Although reports received here of a fight at Nikolaevsk on March 13 have not been verified, the Japanese state the indications are that the Japanese garrison suffered a serious defeat and that tho Japanese consul was killed. In connection with this fight, M. Vilen-sky, Vilen-sky, the soviet representative here, has forwarded to the Japanese government govern-ment a note from George Tchitcherln, the Bolshevik foreign minister, stating that the way to avoid the repetition of such regrettable incidents is to open peace negotiations with soviet Russia. Since the above dispatch was filed the Japanese took .possession of Vladivostok, Vladi-vostok, their troops seizing the city on April 5. |