Roland S. Morris to Robert Lansing
Title
Roland S. Morris to Robert Lansing
Creator
Morris, Roland S. (Roland Sletor), 1874-1945
Identifier
WWP25172
Date
1918 September 5
Description
Two groups of the Czech army are back in contact in Siberia; Japanese troops are ready to leave.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Russia
Soviet Union--History--Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWP25170
WWP25171
WWP25173
WWP25174
WWP25175
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
GREEN
Tokio
Dated Sept 5, 1918
Recd Sept 5, 5:16pm
Secretary of State,
Washington, D.C.
Sept 5, 6pm.
The general staff today confirmed the report that connections had been established between the Czech forces operating east of Karemska and those which had been cut off in the Baikal region. This connection was effected [sic] by the capture of both Chita and Karemska and trains are now being operated from the Irkutsk to the Onon river. The bridge over the Onon is still unrepaired. Otherwise through service could be established to Manchuli, thus releasing all the Czech forces in Siberia. The general staff still fear the activities of Austrians and Germans in the Amur region. In Central Siberia reliable reports indicate close cooperation between Czech and the Central Siberian Army.
The third Japanese division has been fully mobilized and it is expected to embark from Ujina for Manchuli Saturday afternoon. It is apparently the intention of the Japanese General Staff to begin operations at Karemska eastward to clear the Amur of the Austrian and German prisoners concentrated there. In the meantime the main part of the French forces and a portion of the British contingent have left the Usuri front and have passed through Harbin on their way to Manchuli. The sucess [sic] of the expedition of the Czechs seems now assured.
MORRIS
SAM
Tokio
Dated Sept 5, 1918
Recd Sept 5, 5:16pm
Secretary of State,
Washington, D.C.
Sept 5, 6pm.
The general staff today confirmed the report that connections had been established between the Czech forces operating east of Karemska and those which had been cut off in the Baikal region. This connection was effected [sic] by the capture of both Chita and Karemska and trains are now being operated from the Irkutsk to the Onon river. The bridge over the Onon is still unrepaired. Otherwise through service could be established to Manchuli, thus releasing all the Czech forces in Siberia. The general staff still fear the activities of Austrians and Germans in the Amur region. In Central Siberia reliable reports indicate close cooperation between Czech and the Central Siberian Army.
The third Japanese division has been fully mobilized and it is expected to embark from Ujina for Manchuli Saturday afternoon. It is apparently the intention of the Japanese General Staff to begin operations at Karemska eastward to clear the Amur of the Austrian and German prisoners concentrated there. In the meantime the main part of the French forces and a portion of the British contingent have left the Usuri front and have passed through Harbin on their way to Manchuli. The sucess [sic] of the expedition of the Czechs seems now assured.
MORRIS
SAM
Original Format
Letter
To
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Morris, Roland S. (Roland Sletor), 1874-1945, “Roland S. Morris to Robert Lansing,” 1918 September 5, WWP25172, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.