America, at any rate, will
not raise the question unless friction occurs on some other issue. (See
Appendix.)
The Siberian question also was not settled. Therefore Japan's ambitions
in Vladivostok and the Maritime Provinces will presumably remain
unchecked except in so far as the Russians unaided are able to check
them. There is a chronic state of semi-war between the Japanese and the
Far Eastern Republic, and there seems no reason why it should end in any
near future. The Japanese from time to time announce that they have
decided to withdraw, but they simultaneously send fresh troops. A
conference between them and the Chita Government has been taking place
at Dairen, and from time to time announcements have appeared to the
effect that an agreement has been reached or was about to be reached.
But on April 16th (1922) the Japanese broke up the Conference. _The
Times_ of April 27th contains both the Japanese and the Russian official
accounts of this break up. The Japanese statement is given in _The
Times_ as follows:--
The Japanese Embassy communicates the text of a statement given
out on April 20th by the Japanese Foreign Office on the Dairen
Conference.
It begins by recalling that in response to the repeatedly
expressed desire of the Chita Government, the Japanese Government
decided to enter into negotiations.
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