RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16263, 13 July 1918, Page 9

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

ACTION BY GENERAL KORNILOFF.

(By Cable.—Press Association.'—Copyright,

(Beuter's Telegrams.}

(Received July 12th, 7.35 p.m.) LONDON, July 11

An undated telegram from Moscow states that General Korniloff has issued a proclamation declaring his willingness to acknowledge the power of the Soviet and command the army against the Germans, also to negotiate for Allied assistance against Germany.

Ivorniloff states that he is near Rostoff with a large force. He asks the population of the Don district to receive him aa a friend.

(R-eceived July 12th, 5.5 p.m.)

AMSTERDAM, July 11

A Berlin message states that members of the Committeo of the Social Revolutionaries, including Count Mirbach"s murderers, are defending themselves in the Municipal Theatre at Moscow, which is strongly barricaded.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Telegrams.)

NEW YORK, July 10. Mr Shaplin, tho United Press Stockholm correspondent, says that the assassination of Count Mirbach is only tho first step in a Russian terrorist plot to wipe out the whole of the German military clique. The plot includes the sending of emissaries to Germany to kill the Kaiser, Ludendorlf, Hindenburg, and von Kuhlmann. It i 3 believed that tho Bolsheviks have formed a definite alliance with Germany against the Entente and internal Russian opposition. There are evidences that other parties are uniting with the Mensheviks against the Bolsheviks.

TOTKIO. July 11. A member of the new Siberian Government, interviewed, said that the Government aimed at the establishment of a Russian republic, with an autonomous Siberia. It intended to repudiate the Brest-Litovsk treaty and rehabilitate the army to fight tho Germans. It would acknowledge the National Debt, assuming responsibility for Siberia's share.

STOCKHOLM, July 11. Russian newspaper renorts of tho Soviet congress of July 4th show that Count Mirbach was present when a Ukrainian delegate, in a violent speech, protested against the Government's toleration of Count Mirbach. The Social Revolutionaries cheered, shouting: "Down with Mirbach," and finally with, drew as a protest.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

WASHINGTON, July 10. The exchange of views regarding the Russian situation continues. The semiofficial opinion is that the Economic Mission will help to unite the Russian people, and thus prepare them to take strong, united action against Germany. MELBOURNE, July 12." The proclamation prohibiting the export of goods to Siberia has been revoked.