The Times correspondent at Tokio states that, in response to
a proposal from President Wilson, the Japanese Government have decided to send troops to Siberia. Japanese opinion is by no means unanimous on the question, but the Government seem to have felt that they could not decline a request made by the President and supported by Great Britain, France, and Italy. The object of the Allies is to support the forces of order_in Siberia against the Anarchists and their allies, the released German and Hungarian prisoners, so that a Siberian Government may establish itself. The Czecho. Slovak troops, who have already the command of the Siberian Railway from the Volga to the Pacific, have begun the good work, and have been joined by many Russians, like General Alexeieff, who do not despair of their country. But they need the prompt assist- ance of the Allies if they are to maintain their ground against the German forces which threaten them from Southern Russia. Vigorous action by the Allies in Siberia will have an instant effect for good on the Russian situation, as the Germans know only too well.
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