File No. 861.00/2486
The Consul at Vladivostok (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State
No. 254
Vladivostok, July 9, 1918.
[Received August 12.]
Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a
copy of a proclamation issued by the commanders of Allied forces at
Vladivostok, announcing that the city and its vicinity are thereby
taken under the temporary
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protection of the Allied powers and that all measures will be taken
for its defense against dangers both external and internal.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
Proclamation by the Commanders of Allied and
Associated Forces at Vladivostok
In view of the dangers which threaten Vladivostok and the Allied
forces here assembled from the open and secret activities of
Austro German war prisoners, spies and emissaries, the city and
its vicinity are hereby taken under the temporary protection of
the Allied powers and all necessary measures will be taken for
its defense against dangers both external and internal.
All orders heretofore issued by the Czecho-Slovak authorities
continue in force.
The authority of the Zemstvo and municipality will be recognized
in local affairs but the local military forces and police will
be supplemented by such Allied force as may be found necessary
in emergency to prevent danger from Austro-German agencies and
influence which are known to be at work in the city.
This action is taken in a spirit of sympathetic friendship for
the Russian people without reference to any political faction or
party and in the hope that the period of tranquillity which will
result may permit the reconciling of all factions and their
cooperation in a harmonious and patriotic effort for the
establishment of a stable and permanent government and for
throwing off the yoke of tyrannical dictation which the
Austro-German powers are endeavoring to fasten permanently upon
the Russian people.
All good citizens are enjoined to cooperate in the maintenance of
law and order.
Austin
M. Knight
Admiral, United States Navy, Commander in
Chief, United States Asiatic Fleet
Hirogaru
Kato
Rear Admiral, Japanese Navy, Commanding
Special Division Imperial Japanese Navy
Payne
Captain, Royal Navy, Senior British Naval
Officer
Paris
Colonel, French Army, Chief of the French
Military Mission to the Czecho-Slovak Army
H.
Liu
Captain, Chinese Navy, Commanding R.C.S. “Hai
Yung”
Payne
Captain, Royal Navy, Senior British Naval
Officer
Baduria
Captain, Czecho-Slovak Army, Town Mayor
Vladivostok,
Siberia.
July 6, 1918.
