BOLSHEVISM.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16727, 9 January 1920, Page 7

BOLSHEVISM.

THE RED ADVANCE. (Bv Cable.— A!«ociatio .—Copjrr.ghi.) (Au«traii»n an<! IS\Z. Cab!o Association.) 'Received January >th. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 6. Tho Bolsheviks claim to have captured Mariupol, and report that "?ome nf the enemy boarded -.trainers while others fled along the coast."' TMariupn l . i> a seaport in the province nf Kkatorinoshiv. C>3 miles west of ; Taganrog, on the north coast of the I sea of Azov.] i (Received January s th. 9.25 p.tn.l j LONDON. Jonunnr 7. Tho Bolsheviks have reached the Sea | nt Azov, thus dividing General Denii kin's armies. j Tho Bolsheviks have commenced a ! definite advance on Odessa over a broad front. The population of Odessa is nanic-strickeu. JAPAN AND SIBERIA. ;' urr.E army moving. j iTtotier's TcleTraais.l (7l»-ceived .Tnnuarv Dth, 12.4-5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January G. Tho newspapers slato that Japanese troops in Siberia, numbering 100.000. are moving npon positions east of Lako Raikal. under a definite plan to check the Bolsheviks. POLISH OFFENSIVE.

COMBINED OPERATIONS. LONDON, January 6. A Bolshevik wireless message says that tho Polish army has begun an offensive with a view to relieving the pressure on General Donilcin. The message adds that the Bolsheviks have abandoned Dvinsk. Meanwhile the offensive against General Denikin continues to make progress. ("The Timrti.") (Received January Bth. 9.25 p.m.) LONDON. January 7. Tho capture of Dvinsk brings about tho contact of the forces engaged in tho Polish, Ijottisb, and Esthonian operations. REPORTED PEACE OFFER. OVERTURES TO COSSACKS. (Renter's Telegrams.) (Received Jrtnmrv Bth. 9.25 p.m.) STOCKHOLM, January 7. An Esthonian paper announces that tho British representative in tho Baltic countries. Colonel Tallent, has started for London to transmit a new peace offer from Lenin, containing a promise to aboiish terrorism. (Amtralian N.Z. C*bl» Araociatkn*.) LONDON. January 6. Trotsky ha 9 issued a manifesto calling tho Cossacks' attention to tho plight of General Denikin and Admiral Koltchak. Trotsky offers to overlook the past if the Cossacks will now sido with tho Soviets, and suggests the holding of a Cossack Congress to discuss tho mattor. GERMAN HOPES.

EXPLOITING THE SITUATION. (Received January Bth, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, January 6. The idea is spreading in Germany that Itussia can be built up with German assistance to their mutual advantage. Horr Erzberger, in a striking speech at Stuttgart, said:—'"Germany declines to participate in warlike measures against Russia and Poland. Even with French help we cannot solve the Russian problem. Even British money is ineffective. Germany has successfully stood sentry for two years for European culture without support or thanks from the rest. Now. if the door to the wrstovjird is rlosod, ovor-populntcd Germany must obtain freedom or movement to* tho eastward."

UNITED STATES RADICALS. A VAST ORGANISATION. WASHINGTON, Jannary 6. Tlio Commissioner for Immigration has requested appropriations totalling 1.450.000 dollars to carry out the antiRadical campaign. (Received .Tanunrv Bth, 7.20 p.m.) NEW YORK, January G.

Tlio State Committee, wliich is investigating Bolshevism, claims to have discovered 20.000 organised Radicals ninrin" to overthrow the United States Government. Tho Radicals have a fullv organised Soviet svstem. Thousands of .Radicals nnvo already been arrested, but. according to tho Committee, tho arrests have been insufficient to cope with tlio situation.