861.00/8630: Telegram
The Chargé in Japan (Bell) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 26—5:10 a.m.]
186. The following telegram has been received from American consul, Vladivostok.
“May 25, 11 p.m. Tuesday Nikolsk militia surrendered to the Kappel commander by order of the chief of police and the property [Page 722] owners requested Kappel forces to maintain order. A new government has not been organized and the President of the Maritime Province’s Administration declaring all of the governmental institutions there remain under him, a company political police has been sent there from here. Maritime Province authorities here requested the Japanese to protect them. Relations between the Kappel and the Semenoff30 forces at Nikolsk are reported to be strained. Unconfirmed reports state that surrender of militia extended to Spaskoe. Usury railway has formally announced strike committee. Nikolsk events simultaneous with the despatch of 600 Japanese forces to Anuchino where there is a large number Partisans. … Telegraphic communication reopened to Nikolsk. Vladivostok quiet. Repeat to Department. [”]
- Gregory Semenov, ataman of the Far Eastern Cossacks.↩