WAR IN SIBERIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 285, 21 August 1918, Page 7

WAR IN SIBERIA

POSITION OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK FORCES THEIR HOLD ON THE RAILWAY New York, August 19. Mr, Dosch-Fleurot, writing from Moscow, states that tho Czechoslovaks hold tho railroad from Samara into Siberia. The capture of Simbirsk gives them control of tlio Volga, thus threatening Kazan and Nijni-Novgorod, and. even Moscow. Apparently there is no change, and the Holslieviki aro able to prevent tho Czecho-Slovnks' ndvanco in South-eastern Russia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. czecho-slovaiuppeal for aid WINTER ONLY SIX .WEEKS OFF. London, August 19. In connection with the Czecho-Slovak General's appeal for furthjr Allied assistance in Siberia, it is pointed out that only six weeks remain before winter sets in. It is important that tlio forces in Eastern.Siberia should, in the meantime, link up at Irkutsk and overcome the Bolshevik forces east and south of Lake Baikal. It is obvious that Ilia Czechoslovaks are disappointed at the dimensions of tho Allied assistance.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asan, GERMAN PRISONERS ON SIBERIAN BORDER CHINESE TROOPS SENT TO OPPOSE INTRUDERS. (Roc. August 20, 7.20 p.m.) London, August 19. Tho Chineso Government has 6ent a forco to oppose tho German war prisoners who aro congregating near the Siberian border—Reuter. A BRITISH MINISTER TO SIBERIA. Peking, August 19. Sir Charles Eliot has been appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary Representative for Siberia at Vladivos-tok.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIA ANGRY AT EMERGENCE OP NEW NATION. Amsterdam, August 19. Britain's recognition of tho Czechoslovaks is causing anger and 1 anxioty in Austria, which, officially repudiates the declaration, stating that it is unauthorised 'by tho peoples concerned.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN-BOLSHEVTK ALLIANCE TEUTON FRONT ADVANCED EASTWARD. Paris, August 19. Tho "Matin's" Zurioh correspondent reports that, in accordance with an agreement with the local Bolsheviki, the Gorman front has beon advanced to tho oastwards, and tho Germans now occupy Vitobslc and Smolensk—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.' WHOLESALE ARRESTS IN POLAND. Zurich, August 19. Tho Gormans arc making wholesalo arrests throughout Poland, especially in Lomza and Plock. The arrested men are accused of joining Brigadier Pilduski's forces.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPORTED ABANDONMENT OF THE BOLSHEVIKI. London, August 19. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Milan quotes "II Secolo" as stating that the Auslro-Gornmn conference has decided to abandon tho Bolsheviki, clearly foreseeing tho re-establishment of tho Eastern front. As the Central Powers aro unable to send masses.of troops (o Russia, they are therefore withdrawing from Moscow and other positions in Central Russia, to tho railway line running between Petrograd and Mohilov. They believe they can hold this' line for a certainty, and can meanwhile strengthen their occupation of tho Baltic provinces. —Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT WARSAW GERMAN SECRET SERVICE CHIEF MARKED DOWN. Zurich, August 19. An attempt to assassinate the cliiof of the German Secret Service in Warsaw' Med. A fight ensued between the culprits and a German military patrol, and two of the formal' were killed, but the rest escaped.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EELFFERICH SHY OF MOSCOW. Amsterdam, August 19. The Cologne "Volks Zeitung" declares that Herr HelfFerich (who succeeded General . von Mfrbach as German Ambassador at Moscow) has decided not to return to Russia, owing to the dangerons conditions prevailing—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT MOVES TO KRONSTADT ' Amsterdam, August 19. The Bolahervit paper, "Bravada" states that tie Soviet's appeal says that Russia's intervention in the war is necessary, and the Government lias therefore completed preparations to remove to Kronstadt, whioh is regarded as a safe place.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RED TERRORIpriPETROGRAD LENIN AND TROTSKY READY FOR FLIGHT. Washington, August 19. Official advioe3 from Russia, through' Sweden, gave descriptions of the tenror.ism in Petrogracl. Thirty thousand arrests of army officers and boargeoisie have been made. Lenin and Trotsky are "believed to be on board'the warship Aurora, in Kronstadt Harbour, preparing to leave for Germpy in case of a rising.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. PATHETIC SCENES AT MURMANSK TRIJCK-LOADrO?" ILL-TREATED REFUGEES. London, August 19. Mr. Arthur Copping, the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Murmansk, gives u pathetic narrative of the misery under whioh the Russians are snffering owing to the uruelty, brutality, and cowardice of the Bolsheviki. Ho says: "Murmansk is a haven to which half-a-dozen nationalities are arriving by the truckload. Tho trains remain for days and weeks on the railway sidings, and some hare taken more than three months in reaching their destination. The refugees are accommodated, in. Hugo wooden huts with grouped tiers of shelve for beds. Refugees still drift across the stricken country. • Babies are born and old people die among their ranks. All talk is of the murderous Bolsheviki. One group included an,ex-professor from Petrograd, whoso son, while playing eoldiws in tho street, was bayoneted and his body thrown into a river. The correspondent ,met an old Russian Admiral whose property had been confiscated and his money stolen. Ho is now living with his 'barefooted wife in a wretched Vovol. Since the Allies' arrival the/zone of order and safely has been gradually extended. Tho Bolsheviks quickly quitted Archangel."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LITHUANIA DEFIANT DECLARES INTENTION OF FIXING ITS OWN GOVERNMENT. - ' Amsterdam, August 19. Tho council of Lithuanian representatives lias written to von Hindenburg stating that «6 the Chancellor has refused to discuss tho question of«the Government of Lithuania, the council has decided to 6ottle its own form of gov-ernment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.