10 AUGUST 1918, Page 2

The Japanese Government, in response toe request from President Wilson,

have agreed to send "a certain number" of troops to Vladivostok, to co-operate with "a certain number" of Allied -troops in relieving the pressure upon the Czecho-Slovalt army, who are being opposed by forces in which German and Magyar ex prisoners predominate. The Japanese Government affirm their intention to respect the territorial integrity of Russia and to abstain from any interference in its internal politics.