Chapter I. Siberia and Manchuria
Contents
- Discussion of the contemplated dispatch of Japanese troops to Siberia:
Russian attitude—Bolshevik activities in Siberia and Manchuria—The
formation of local governments—Proposed use of Chinese troops in the
zone of the Chinese Eastern Railway—The dispatch of warships to
Vladivostok—French suggestion of Allied and American intervention:
attitude of the United States (Documents 1–52)
- Proposed Japanese occupation of the Trans-Siberian Railway—The
reported activities of German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners—British and
Japanese support of Semenov (Documents 53–98)
- Declaration of the American Government against intervention, March 5,
1918: further discussion—Further reports concerning enemy
prisoners—Japanese offer of support to Horvat (Documents 99–137)
- Landing of Japanese forces at Vladivostok, April 5, 1918; British
landing: attitude of the United States Formation of the autonomous
Siberian government, the Far Eastern Committee, and the Chinese Eastern
Railway Governing Board—The
Webster-Hicks reports on
armed prisoners—Appearance of the Czecho-Slovaks (Documents 138–181)
- Attitude of the United States toward Siberian political organizations:
relations of diplomatic and consular officers with them—Advance and
repulse of Semenov—Appeals,
recommendations, and plans for intervention (Documents 182–228)
- Clashes between the Czecho-Slovaks and Soviet forces: good offices of
American and French Consuls (Documents 229–243)
- Consideration of intervention by the American Government—Development
of the Czecho-Slovaks’ conflict with Soviet forces—Protest of the Allied
and American representatives against the disarmament of the
Czecho-Slovaks—Good offices of American officials—Formation of the
temporary Siberian government at Omsk (Documents 244–292)
- Request of the Czecho-Slovak leaders for aid in establishing a new
eastern front—Overthrow of the Vladivostok Soviet by the
Czechoslovaks—Landing of American marines—Proclamation of the protection
of Vladivostok by commanders of Allied and Associated
forces—Proclamation of a government by Horvat: controversy with other political
organizations (Documents 293–344)
- American proposals for military action, July 17, 1918: discussion with
the Japanese and British Governments—Chinese request for
participation—Rivalry of local organizations (Documents 345–384)
- Japanese and American public statements regarding military action,
August 2 and 3, 1918—British statement, August 8, 1918 (Documents 385–405)
- Proposals for the political direction of intervention and for
augmentation of the forces: attitude of the United States—Japanese
activities in Manchuria—Arrival of American and Allied troops at
Vladivostok—Increase of the Japanese forces—Reply of the Soviet
government to American and Japanese statements (Documents 406–441)
- Special mission of Ambassador Morris to Vladivostok: his recommendation that an
American force be sent to Omsk—Westward movement of the Czecho-Slovaks
from Vladivostok: reverses on the Volga—Formation of a government by
Constituent Assembly delegates at Samara: conference at Ufa with other
organizations (Documents 442–477)
- Declaration restricting American operations, September 26,
1918—Formation of the all-Russian provisional government at Ufa: fusion
with the Siberian government at Omsk—Further increase of Japanese
forces (Documents 478–524)
- Representations of the American Government against the size of
Japanese forces and the degree of control assumed in Manchuria and
Siberia, November 16, 1918—The establishment of Kolchak as Supreme Governor at Omsk,
November 18, 1918—Refusal of Semenov to recognize Kolchak’s authority (Documents 525–561)
- Representations of the American Government against Japanese support of
Semenov, December 16,
1918—Continuance of the conflict—Reduction of the Japanese forces (Documents 562–570)