CHINA PREPARING TO. CO-OPERATE WITH JAPAN.
%■■:■'■':; WARNING TO BOLSHEVIKS AGAINST INVASION. i :;•'.•'•',''" Time*. ; , :''*'.. ' PEKIN, Mar. 13. ': 'The Japanese Ambassador to China has returned to Pekin from J. ; Tokio. It is understood that he was fully authorised to negotiate ;. >.for China's co-operation with Japan,in the advance in Siberia. The :'.•.' allies have consented to China's co-operation. General Semenoff'3 '■'•='• 'opponents are supplied with aeroplanes, in addition to heavy artillery ,;•;■ worked By the Germans. A portion of the Siberian railways has , \ been destroyed near Kere'mskaya. It is expected in Pekin that the r ' first Japanese move will be to despatch troops from the south of fp| Manchuria towards Harbin. .;•/' Beuter. . LONDON. Mar. 12. . ' 'In the House of Commons, Mr. A. J. Balfour stated that the ... Government had no information that Japanese forces had arrived in r. V Siberia. , He could not say when he would be able to give information 'regarding the proposed Japanese intervention. ::vy;. '■■';'■ ••.."• . PEKIN. Mar. 12. : Ui ' ' Harbin reports state that General Semenoff, the Cossack leader in M Siberia, has been obliged to retire, and has taken up a position near '..]• the Manchurian frontier. The Chinese commander has warned the >0l Bolsheviks that invasion of Chinese territory will be regarded as an ?'-f;i fact of war, declaring that General Semendff's force represents the ■r■':■ Russian Provisional Government, which is recognised. Cossacks '>'/'•■ arrested the Bolshevik leaders at Blagovyeshcheusk and disarmed the W forces.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16798, 14 March 1918, Page 5
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