『チェコスロヴァキア日刊新聞』は日本のシベリア出兵をどのように見ていたか

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In this article I reconstruct the views of the Czechoslovak Daily, a newspaper published by the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia, to analyze how the Daily interpreted the Japanese Siberian expedition. I divide the stay of the Legion in Siberia, judging by international and Russian domestic situations, into three phases: 1) from the spring to the end of 1918; 2) 1919; 3) from the end of 1919 to the summer of 1920. In the first phase the Legion actively fought with the Bolshevik army. The Daily had great expectations of the Japanese army as “a reliable ally” to give them full-scale support. In the second phase, the Legion had a good relationship with the Japanese army by dividing control areas in Siberia with them. The Daily was eager to understand the policy of the Japanese government and army and the trend of public opinion in Japan. In the third phase when the political situation in Siberia dramatically destabilized, the relationship between the Legion and the Japanese army deteriorated. Despite this the Daily tried to objectively analyze Japanese policy in Siberia. After the analyses of the articles of the Daily I feel the necessity to review the conventional interpretation of the Japanese Siberian Expedition.