ALLIED FORCES IN RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 282, 17 August 1918, Page 7

ALLIED FORCES IN RUSSIA

FIGHT WITH BOLSHEVIKI NEAR ARCHANGEL BRITISH DETACHMENT AT BAKU PREVENTING ENEMY PENETRATION TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN (Kec. August 16, 8.45 p.m.) rrl „ London, August 15. flie German attack on the Murmar railway will probably be made in Sep tember. The enemy is preparing to ad vance from , all tho Finnish- railheads llio Bolsheviki, who retired before oui iorces, perpetrated every form of atroc ity on the inhabitants. Our force, ivhicl landed at Onega Bay, tried to cut off (h< Bolsheviki from Archangel, but tho latter reached Obeserskaya, a hindred mile; to the southward, and held up our force which inflicted heavy enemy losses. The Bolsheviki made a fairly good resistance and were apparently under Gormar officers. The position of the rest of Eussia i< very obscure. There is no official information about Lenin and Trotsky. There is a disquieting, though unconfirmed, report that the Bolsheviki inflicted a severe defeat on the Czechs at Samara, Ihcro is same hope that Ale'xieff's and Nonekms forces south of Volga maj join hauds and relieve them. . \Ye have now got a considerable forer in north-west Persia, which with little opposition, except from Jangali tribesmen, who are leagued to the Bolsheviki, \ye have reached the. Caspian. A British detachment, which went from Enzeh by the sea, reached Baku' nml look over a part of tho defence of the town, Ihe whole-Allied force there is 8000, and it holds a line west-of the town. I he Turkish force is 10,000, of whom 7000 are regulars. Neither side has many puns. General Dnkouchieff command's rlip Allied forces. We cannot depend on holdinsf Baku, hut the object is'to prevent tho enemy nc'ietratio'n toward* Afghanistan.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIK REffiinffiAß ITS END ... Stockholm, August, 15. Advices from Helsingfors stale that tho Russian situation is growing steadily worse. The Bolsheviki's reign is near lls end. The peasant rising is increasing; armed bands are being organised to fight the Bolsheviki, and the movement Iβ spreading to the towns. The reports of the flight of Lenin and Irotsfcy are apparently true. Other reports state that a German march to Petrograd has l>egun.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . BOLSHEVIKI CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO FIRES THE POPULATION TERROR--STRICKEN. (Bee.-August 17, 0.25 a.m.) London, August 15. Tho "Daily Chronicle's" Stockholm correspondent states that a diplomat from Petrosrad who was interviewed says the population is. unnerved by rumours, and awaits the future with terror, because tho Bolsheviki, seeiug they are Hearing tho end of their reign, may commit atrocities surpassing those of any previous rulers. Tne diplomat enjs that Lenin, addressing the last meeting of tho Executive, declared: '""We may.bo compelled to leave, hat we shall close the door behind us with such force that they will long remember us." The Bolsheviki feel that they are caught between two fires. They fear tho German occupation of Petrograd, also the Entente push at Miirman. The Bolsheviki have suppressed all the Petrograd and Moscow newspapers except 'their own. They have placarded the streets, threatening the direst penalties to anyone spreading disquieting rumours. Conversation in public is carried on mostly in whispers,, owing to the fear, of espionage. .Telegraphic communication with Entente countries lias ceased. The Enteijte proclamation referring to Murman and Vladivostok. is not yet known. A state of siege has been proclaimed over a vast area, but nothing can prevent the approaching Bolshevik catastrophe.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COLLAPSE OF SOVIET ORGANISATION Amsterdam, August 15. Eeports from Sweden state that the Ilight from Petrograd of the Soviet to Kronstadt was due.to peasant bands in the neighbourhood marching oh the capital. The "Izvestia," the official Bolshevik newspaper, admits that the Soviet organisation, has collapsed. The Soviets no longer possess authority.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIES' CONSULS ASK FOE SAFE CONDUCT. , New York, August 15. The Allies' Consuls at Moscow have asked for safo conduct to Archangel.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER GERMAN OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED. Amsterdam, August U. ■Eeports from Riga state that a Social Revolutionary assassinated von Sengbuscli, tho German sheriff in the Wenden district, in Livonia. The murderer escaped.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PEASANTS CLAMOURING FOR FOOD ARMED BANDS MARCHING ON PETROGEAD. London, August 15. The Stockholm correspondent of "The Times" states that armed bands of peasnuts are matching on Pctrograd, clamDiiring for food. The Soviet Government has issued ,i proclamation declaring that the Republic is endangered. The Soviet authority is failing throughout Russia, and armed marauding peasant bands are again gaining the upper hand in many districts. Bolshevism is doomed, but it is 'impossible to fore:ast the form in which government is likely to emerge from the chaos. Russian Karelia (south-east Finland) is in i stale of complete anarchy, starvation, ind robbery, and the whole population is armed in self-defence.—"The Times." JAPANESE WILITsTRiKE WESTWARD ro RESCUE. THE CZECHO-SLOVAKS. Washington, August 15. It is understood that the Japanese will strike westward from Harbin immediately in order to rescue the Czccho-Slov-iks in tho Lake Baikal region.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH TROOPS REACH BAKU. New York, August 15. British troops liavo reached Baku, on the Caspian Sea.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICANS LANDING AT VLADIVOSTOK: Washington, August 15. American troops are landing in Vladi-vostok.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE CANADIAN FOECE FOR ■ SIBERIA. Ottawa, August 15. Recruiting has opened throughout Canada to secure the force which it is ntended to dispatch to Siberia'.—Aus,S T .Z. Cable Assn. THE CZECHOSLOVAK NATION LIBERATED BOHEMIA A BARRIER TO PAN-GERMAN AGGRESSION. Washington, August 15. M. slasaryk, President of tho Czechoslovak National Council, in thanking \lr. Balfoiir for the recognition by Sritiin of the .Csseoho-Slovnk nation, asserts hut Hie. step is conclusive evidenco to ill the oppressed nations in Austria-Hun-rary (hal. Britain is engaged in ri war it liberation. Bohemia, when free was n tJoso political and spiritual union with he British nation. The present act

restored this union, and liberated Bohemia will be an effectual barrier to P.inGennan aggression.-Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. BRITISH RECOGNITION PRAISED Now York, August l, r <. . ine Now York Press praises the British recognition of the Czcclio-Slovaks, and urges (ho United States to follow suit.-Ans.-N.Z. Cable- Assn. FINNISH ARMY FOR MURMANSK, New York, August 15. Ino State Department has received reliable unofficial advice from Stockholm saying that the Finnish Government has been given two Veeks by Germany in which to prepare an army to advance on Murmansk, where the Allies have established a military base.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.