ALLIES AT MURMAN

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 25 July 1918, Page 7

ALLIES AT MURMAN

IMPORTANT AGREEMENT i PUBLISHED i TERMS OF JOINT CONTROL : (Rec. July 25, IJO a.m.) j London, July 2-1. i A Ruesiau wireless report gives the '■ text Qf thq agreement Iwlween Great Uritain, the United States, France, and ) the Murnuin Regional Council, providing for co-ordinate action for the de- ; , fence of the llurmnn region against tho j Oerman coalition powers. The agree- : ment describes the region as tlio former i Ale.xandrovsk district of the province of ■ Arkhangelsk, and provides: i That Hie Entente Powers shall equip '. and instruct the Russian anned forces of i Murmansk, which, it is stipulated, stall ho under Russian command. ', Thn Entente Powers shall undertake not to interfere with Murman internal \ affairs. . ; Tlie Regional Council shall undertake energetic precautions against espionage. Iho Entente shall undertake to secure . i food and staple requirements for the Mnrmnn population, and also theneces- \ sary technical equipment and financial ! assistance for the Murman authorities. ! I he agreement is binding until normal '■ relations between Russia and the central ! authority of the one part and the Mnr- : > niansk Cnunr<l and the Entente Powers i nf the otlier part are re-ostahlished. The i Entente Powers disclaim any idea, of ; conquering any part of Murmansk, and ; jointly with the Murmansk Council de- ' dare that the only object of the' agree- i mont is to guard Murman integrity for n a sre.it united lkssia,-Aus.-N.Z. Cable i Assn.-Eeuter. { GERMAN BLACTSEA STEAL j FATE OF RUSSIA'S FLEET. (Eec. July 24, 7.23 p.m.) iho (jornmu Government,/replying to ' ruirkey's request for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, declares that the Dreadnought* 'j and other best ships were destroyed, and : the remainder is rightly the booty of : Germany. There- is not a single vessel , fit for navigation, and thev will take months to repair—Aus.-N.Z. Cable- Assn. i JAPAN AND AMERICA IN AGREEMENT I Toklo, July 23. i It is luithonfotively understood that . i tho Japanese Government has answered i the United States Government regarding .! intervention in Siberia, agreeing to every ■ detail of tho terms proposed by tho Uni- ! ted States.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. \