THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 248, 8 July 1918, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM

'AMERICA'S COURSE OF ACTION i STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT ' ! EXPECTED ; Washington, July t. ' The recommendations of the inter-i.l- j lied Supremo War Council' regarding Rue- ! sia will largely govern President Wilwn'e j future course towards that country. j Tho President is expected to make a ' ! definito statement booh.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable i Assn. ' INTERVENTION RECOMMENDED BY WAR COUNCIL M , TROOPS ALREADY LANDED AT | VLADIVOSTOK. ! (Hoc. July 7, 11 p.m.) , :. Washington. July 6. ] Tho recommendations of tho InW» ' Allied Wai , Council have been received j by the United States Government. Inter- ' vention is urgently recommended. \ British, French, Japanese, and Amon- , ■ can marines have already landed, at '. \ Vladivostok, also 3500 Dalmatians, ex- ] prisoners or war in Russia and novr ■ < .'), under the Italian flag.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable.'; ' ': Assn. . ' ; ■w THE BREST-LITOVSK TREATY j CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY GROUPS ' ! REFUSE TO RECOGNISE IT. ! (I?ec. July 7, 11.35 p.m.) i Paris, July 6. \ M. Korensky, addressing tho Socialist ! group, said the Russian. Constituent As- .• sembly groups met secretly on May. Iβ j and refused to recogniso the Brest- i Litovsk treaty. They declared n'dolity to i tho Allies and that a state of war oxisls j still between Russia and Germany. M. : Ivorensky concluded: "It is 'necessary j that tho Allies should succour ■■Russia, ; which ie powerless to net alonV-rAus." j N.Z. Cable Assn. i .. i ANTI-BOLSHEVIK DEMONSTRATIONS ! CZECHOSLOVAKS DEFEAT THE BED i GUARDS. Washington, July 4. News which has reached Washington states that tho Czceho-Slovaks control ! (lie.Vladivostok arid, the East Siberian j railway, following a battle with the Red ; Guards, in which largo quantities of ' ' ; munitions and war material wero cap- , til red. ' ' : Advices to the Hussion Embassies say ■ that tho population at Samara, welcomed i the Czecho-Slovaks. Anti-Bolshevik .■ demonstrations occurred at Omsk, Novo : Nikabievsk, and Pensa, which are held ; by the Czecho-Slovaks.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable \ Assn. I VLADIVOSTOK CONTROLLED BY ' CZECHOSLOVAKS. '' j ■ :Rec. July 7, 5.5 p.m.) ■ Tokio, July 5. '■ The Russian Consulate at. Kobe reports \ that the Czecho-Slovaks, commanded by i General Dietrich?, fully control'Vladiros-, ! tok, and close the port at.night-time.—' j "The Times." -; GRAND' DMeWaEL'S, ESCAPE I ASSISTED BY MEN DISGUISED AS : RED GUARDS. ; : (Rec, July 7, 5.5 p.m.) j Copenhagen, July 5. A Russian telegram states that a nura- < ber of men disguised as Red Guards assisted tho Grand Duke Michael to es- j cape. The pseudo Red Guards showed. \ the Governor a written order ,from the : Soviets, stating I hat it was necessary to j take the Grand Duke to Perm, to ] the danger of an attack upon him. Ihey ! took the Grand Duko in a motor-car. i The next day the Governor found the order to be fnlso.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. PROCLAMATION AS TSAR DECLARED ' AN INVENTION. . (Eec July 7, 5.5 p.m.) i : Amsterdam, July 5. A Berlin message states that a rejxirt ' from Kieft declares that the statement ■ ■; that the Grand Duke Michael has lwen proclaimed Tsar, and is marching against Moscow, is a puroj invention.—Renter. ; [A cable message published on Friday ; stated that the Ukrainian Telegraph Bu- j reau at Kielf had announced that (he , Grand Duko Michael Alexandrovitch (brother of the ex-Tsar) had been pro- . ; claimed Tsar, and was inarching with : Czeoh-Slovaks and Cossacks against Mos- \ cow.] ■ FATE OF THEROMANOFFS Copenhagen, July ••>. : The newßpa'per "Politiken" states that a priest at: Tsarskoe Solo announced from : tho altar on .Tune 2!? that the Bolsheviki had murdered the ex-Tsar, tho Tsarina, and Princess Tatiana.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ■ -■'•.. ' i ARMENIAN TROOPsTcCUPY ERIVAN ! (Rec. July 7, 5.5 p.m.). \ Amsterdam, July 5. ; A message, from Tiflis states that '25,000 : Armenian troops have occupied Erivan.— , Router.