BOLSHEVISM.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16721, 2 January 1920, Page 6

BOLSHEVISM.

CONFUSION IN SIBERIA.

CBr Cable—Frr** A*wisUon-o>P7TlgliU ("The Times- ) (Roccived January Ist, 5.5, P-™-> PEKING, I>ecenilKvr SO. Tho conditions of Admiral holtchnk'a retreating troops is appalling an o this is added tho utmost political confusion. While Admiral Koltchak'a ad " lT> ."\ " delavod, the Premier and the; remainder of the Government at Irkutsk are qT Th^ h "iltlist municipality bitterly opposes tie Government. and is prepared to with t Rolsheviks. \ din~e**o"s revolt is threatened, itnti the lv.nl troiuis are mtrll.v unro.mhte. Companies sent out to suppress an .adjacent murdered tlv.-:r own ofli- < era r.std joine.l t'-e Bolsheviks, .of whom there are many bands operating west of l/.'.ko r>:iiV:;".l. liven the Czvvlu. who aro tho stahle«t element in SFherin. nro moro svniyi.at'ioti • towards the. Sciali.'-ts ihan the Government. Tho Allies must, deride whether they will fontinv.e to support, nil incompetent and intensely unpopular Administration. Early Jnpancso intervention is imperative. JAPANESE INTERVENTION. NEAY YORK, December JIT. Th'> TYis*-::vto:i cot ol the ••New York World"' says that- it is autharitative'.v stated that an tiv.der- • binding ha. Wen readied b. tween the i'r.iu'd States and Japan, linear vvhi.h J.njian will have a free hand in any military measures necessary to protect her interests in Siberia. It is atnv.'unc (1 that Japan has sent a frc-di force to Siberia, siiJT.ciontly largo to defeat tho lkdshcvik nrnty. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. WIIOLE STTU.ATTON BEING reviewed. (Itcu!or's Telctrrama.) (Received January Ist. 11.20 p.m.) LONDON, December .'ill. Tho following olliejal bulletin has been issued.— In view of Admiral Roltchak's retreat in Siberia, and tho Japanese d"termination to stem tho fl.nv of P >!- shevism, the whole situation is being revtowed by tho Japanese Govemnient iti onnenltntion with the Allies and the United Stales. At present, Japan has troops nlonrr the trans-SiK-ri.an railway, and the United States 7000. It is understood that Japan will act only after discussion witli, and with tho co-onoration of, the Allies. If necessary, Japan is prepared to increase her forces in RTfioria. Meanwhile, aro completed for the early repatriation of the Czeeho-Slovnk troons which aro concentrated near Vladivostoclc, WAR PRISONERS' SUFFERINGS. GENEVA. December 3i. Tho International Committee of tho Red Cross nro appealing for help for Aust.ro-Hunparian prisoners in i>il»eria. They state that there arc '-'00,000 in Siboriaj many having been tliero sinco 191-1. They nro practically without fire, light, or clothes, and they have littlo food. A typhus epidemic recently killed 19,000.