Show JAPAN AND C HINA tn durni HUNS TO 10 CHECK arm ALLIED governments ARRANGE MILITARY OPERATION cooperation CO TO MEET DANGER IN ORIENT primary purpose of pact Is the safeguarding of manchuria with possibilities of its ultimate extension to siberia washington information has of the readied reached the war department conclusion of an agreement between japan and C hina china for the protection of 0 their common interests in the far cast against gorman german aggression although giving few details th the e reports to the d department are said to make mak it clear that the agreement was only tor for tile the period of the war and was solely for protective purposes A joint defensive to counteract german aggression in siberia is known to be contemplated but information was lacking as to whether tills this would involve a mo movement in force into siberia by japanese and chinese troops As to the necessity for lucli action the state department Is not informed but it is assumed that because of their proximity to siberia japan and china with a much keener inhere interest st in that country than any other powers doubtless 10 abt were in better position to k know now tile the extent of german influence there and the necessity for curbing it by force regarding Dg the agreement as of a purely defensive nature the state department part ment does not bellere believe it directly concerns the united states and consequently it involves no change in the policy of the department in the treatment of the far eastern question that policy it is said properly might be subjected to revision if in the future japan and china should find it necessary or advisable to call upon the united states or the entente allies for military or other substantial assistance in carrying out their plans As the matter now stands there is not the slightest disposition to question the motives that impel the two eastern nations to join hands to protect themselves from any danger which they may foresee practical difficulty in the combination of japanese and chinese Cli inese interests Is suggested in diplomatic circles here through the disaffection in southern china but it is said that tills this is founded entirely upon the ambitions of chinese leaders without any i elation to the situation in siberia |