THE RUSSIAN COUNTER-REVOLUTION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 252, 12 July 1918, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN COUNTER-REVOLUTION

CZECHO-SLOVAK WAVE SWEEPINC WESTWARD ALLIED INTERVENTION NECESSARY TO ' STIFFEN THE MOVEMENT Peking, July 10. The coim'er-rovolulion, assisted by tho Czecho-Slovaks, is Spreading ovtir Western Siberia. The Bolslieviki have been driven to the past out of Irkutsk, many escaping (o Mongolia. Apparently tho Bolslieviki are unablo to make a stand. Allied intervention is urgently necessary to stiffen tho constitutional Russians. M. Koltchak >s proceeding to Japan to endeavour to enlist Japaneso support.—"Tho Times." CZECHOSLOVAKS AT THE VOLGA. London, Julv 10. A Czecho-Slovak army has reached tho Volga at several points—-'The Times." A NEW DEVELOPMENT CZECHO-SLOVAK MEMORANDUM TO JAPAN. Tokio, July 10. A confidential lneirioran.hin from the Czecho-Slovak Council, which has been presented to Viscount Goto (Ministerfor Foreign Affairs), states that the council has ordered tho transport ot' forces from tho Russian front. As they cannot accomplish the re-ertatioii of Russia. therpfore tliein* clear dut/ is to pursue a strategical movement in .France. They desire abovo all things to fight on the battlefields of France. Tho Czechoslovaks aim at a new Provisional Government for Siberia, to be established at Vladivostok, and (he convocation of an Assembly for the restoration of laiv and order. The Hag is of two stripes, white and preen, representing the snow Mad plains and the verdure of the mighty forests. Tho programme includes the liberation of Kibe.-ia from tho Bolslieviki ;* the avoiding, if possible, of foreign intervention, the establishment of provincial councils and labour bureaux; the distribution of lands, the contrrol of economic activities, and universal suffrage. It will bo tho first democratic State in Russian history, and the forerunner of the regeneraticn of Great Eussia. Tho Government will contiino to fight tho Central Powers. The people to a man are supporting the new regime.—"The Times.'" GERMANY VISIBLY DISTURBED BY RECENT EVENTS ■CHANGE OF POLICY ADVOCATED FOR THE UKRAINE. (Eec. July 11, 5.5 p.m.) New York, July 0. Tho New York "Times" AVashington correspondent says that diplomatic dispatches show that tho events in Russia and tho_ successes (f the Czccho-Slovaks seemingly indicate a national awakening, which is visibly disturbing Germany. The working classes ii Russia and the Ukraine aro bitterly opposed to Germany. The Lithuanian Council of Stato has protested against tho ''annexationist tendencies which are apparent in Germany." Ilerr Melchior, who was .ippointed presidont of a German commission to report on tho Ukrainian situation, has returned to Germany from tho Ukraine. Ho declared that it will be impossible to import products from the ITkraino under two years. Ho condemned German methbds, and said: "We must 'discontinue iliis shooting of peasants en masse because of their failure to supply grain, 'this method should be replaced by pacific and friendly advice."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. i THREE OF KERENSKY'S MINISTERS- ARRESTED. (Eec, July 11, 7.45 p.m.) > Paris, July 10. The Revolutionaries who ware arrested at Moscow include three Kerensky's late Ministers.—Aus. IN.Z. Cable Assn. BITTER STREET FIGHTING AT MOSCOW GERMAN REPORTS ON THE SITUATION. . (Roc. July 11, 7.45 p.m.)' Amsterdam,' July 10. Tho "Vossische 7,ei(ung" states that street fighting of the greatest bitterness continues at Moscow. The Revolutionaries have barricaded the Imperial Theatre and used machine-guns from tho windows against tho Bolshevik troops. German newspapers repovt an outbreak of cholora in Southern Ukraine and Northern Bessaraoia. It is threading to Hungary.—Renter. A NEW NORTHERN REPUBLIC (Eec. July 11, 10 p.m.) Amsterdam, July 10. A Moscoiv message slates that .simullancou.sly with the establishment < f tho Whito Sea Republic, a new State has been wealed, comprising the entire northeastern portion of Russia from the White Sea to the Asian border. It is called Walogdagche. It is sjinpntho'-ic with tho Entento Powers.--Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIED INTERVENTION ON THE M.URMAN COAST A GERMAN MOVE FORESTALLED. (Rec. July 11, 8.20 p.m.) London, July 10. Russian newspapers which have arrived in England show that Allied inlervention on Ihe Murman coast forestalled German attempts to close Russia's last European outlet by sea. British, marines worn landed in April, lliOO under joint Russian, French, and British leadership, in cmler to assist the. Red Guards against tho.Finnish While Guards. There aire one French, and two British warships, and some British trawlers at Murmansk. Admiral Kemp, on behalf of the Franco-British Governments, disavowed any nggressivo designs, and f/iid that the landing was only a firm desiro to help tho Russian Republic to keep'the Murman coast and railway. Nevertheless, Trotsky and. Tchicherin, on Juno i>o, protested against interference by the Eutcnto—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. JEWS EXPELLED FROM FINLAND (Rec. July 11, 7.45 p.m.) Stockholm, July 10. According to the Jewish Press Buirea u, (he Finnish Governmont lias ordered the expusion of Jews before tho tnd of September, and instructed the communities to refuse them food after that date.—Renter.