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thf: red .advance. |T Y ~ r T -' v T-*TlrnU .s-.j.i":. ir'. .■ /. ( ibl- A«.«oci»ti.in.' LONDON, Janu.iiv -. A Pnlihevik v,irele., s menage states: We eapruieil prisoners in the Don 'ii ri< :. 'J-JO guns and four tanks. ni:d made ' imilar captures of prisoners and booty elsewhere, including l>o six-inch gi.n-,, fir locomotives, and waggons with shells and dynamite, near I nni^k lii lilted January 11th. 5.5 p.m. LONDON. January P. A wireless message from .Moscow ti r 7iY' : "r T 1 (,{u ' alr >' has eapii.red Hi iiliaiisk. J}, 1 " n ° l^',, viks claim ihey havo thus Azov'' ' niaSf ° rv " f Sea of rnerdiansk is a seaport in the Crimea. "o i In 1 " ro "" °f the Sea of •w.oi . )(io , n ||, >s frnn) Taganrog."l .. . LONDON, January 8. Mr Joseph nigo whf ? was I • at until General Deni-nJtrr-.t ,rS, ' U< f i "i"V ? I, PP li,, s » horrible narr.it no of Uolshovik outrages in the ( ,l ° "J a - vs . tf '« -Towish commissaries forced prisoners' arms into boilt u .iter and then pulled the skin off crticifie'l Many Chrißtian " w 'ere ("'The Tirara.") r . „ . LONDON, January f*. Isird Sydenham, writing in" "Tho Times. ' takes the gravest view of tho rar East, situation. Flo savs that the IJolshoviks' presence in Central Asia, and the hods' advance in Siberia and in South Russia constitute a serious and menacing upheaval. Tho whole position is fraught with the utmost danger. By the ironv of fate tho oxKaiscr'n prophecy of tho Eastern peril hiw been justified as forccs have boon Jot loose which will make it a reality and before long tho inventors of the parrot rry "Hands off Russia" may Jealise tho torriblo responsibility they have incurred. SIBERIA. A SERIOUS SITUATION. (Router's Telegram*.) (Rcccived January 11th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 8. The situation at Irkutsk is becoming increasingly serious. Nine thousancl onti-Koltchak insurgents are constantly reinforced, and, ormod with machine-guns and aeroplanes, they aro holding up the town. It is understood that General Semenoff, who is wostward of Chita, Jias appealed for the despatcli of a Japaneso division to roinforce and nssist lum.

JAPAN'S INTENTIONS. (Received January 11th, 11.5 p.m.) TOKIO, January 8. General Garimoteoi, commander of tho Japanese forces in Siberia, in a kpcech, said that Japnn only wished to guarantee peace; Bhe did not desire territorial annexation or tho acquisition of any other privileges in Siberia. REPATRIATION. (Received Jonuarv 11th, 11.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON. January 8. Mr Itabt. Lansing, Secretary of State, has announced that two army transports will bo dospatched for Vladivostock from New York to repatriate tho Czech-Slovak, Polish, Jugo-Slav, and Roumanian .troops now in Siberia.