HARD PRESSED ON THE VOLGA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 309, 24 September 1918, Page 5

HARD PRESSED ON THE VOLGA

CZECHOSLOVAKS RECEIVING HELP FROM SIBERIA \ HINT OF FUTURE ADVANCER ON MOSCOW , Washington, September 21. Tho Czechoslovak National Council announces that Czecho-Slovak troops are being rushed from Central Siberia to tho assistance of their compatriots on tho Volga front, who are hard pressed by Bolshevik forces, officered by Germans, anil have been reinforced by German soldier. Tho council's officials point out that this movement probably means an ultimate advance towards Moscow.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE BOLSHEVIKIIN THE NORTH GERMANS BLAME MUTINOUS LETTS. x ~' Amsterdam, September 22. According to Germau papers, the recent Bolshevik defeat on the northern front was duo to mutiny in the- Lettish regiments, which refused to'fight tho British.—E'cuter. THE EASTERN MENACE TO GERMANY KAISER'S ORDERS TO GERMANS IN RUSSIA. (Rec. September 28, 11.10 p.m.) Peking, September 22. The Kaiser on September 10 ordered all Germans in Russia fit for duty to join the Soviet troops. and oppose Japan amd tho Allies, who threaten to restore the Eastern front. " ' Reuter's; Vladivostok correspondent writes:—"Tho .Czech commander Garda, in an interview, illuminated the significance of the Kaiser'a warning, and stated that tho organisation of tho Russian armies behind the Urals was proceeding apace. Already 150,000 troops had been mobilised, .although at present the force laoks the essentials of military equipment. Three divisions are immediately n,eeded to hold the' Urals and organisation to continue. > In tho meantime the German tentaoles have closed on the Urals. The Governmont at Omsk has proved sufficiently strong to restore civil administration- throughout Siberia."—Renter. '

THE FATE OF BAKU • TERRIBLE SCENES FOLLOW TURKISH ENTRY(Rcc. September 23, 11.10 p.m.) Stockholm, September 22. Russian eye-witnesses of the capture of Balm state that the inhabitants, are chiefly workers, who "desperately defended tho city, hut succumbed after two days to superior forces of Turkß and Kurds. Scenes tit massacre «i:d rapine followed. The town buildings, and naphtha'works were fired, doing great damage. The Bolsheviki have protested against the Turkish occupation as a breach of the. Brcst-Litvosk Treaty.—"TJie Times."

BAKU IN FLAMES. Amsterdam, September 22. ■ -The 'Russian Embassy .at Berlin learns that' the Turks have occupied Baku, and that the town is in flames, and there are continuous explosions.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-

. IN THE, CITIES OF TERROR WHOLESALE ARRESTS CONTINUE New',York. September" 22. Mr. Arno Doseh Fleurot writes from Stockholm: ''Scores of Russians have been arrested in Moscow because they attempted to visit the United States Consulate, by tho agents of the Extraordinary Commission against the coun-ter-revolution. These innocent prisoners are held as hostages, and will probably be shot. By order of'the Bolsheviks, Russians, accompanied by their wives, who- attempted to visit th« American Consul, Mr, Poole, iu-Mos-cow,, whiie he was -in gaol, were arrested. An attempt to obtain tlie release of the women was futile.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. INTENSE HATRED OF THE BRITISH. ' Christiania, September 22. Fugitives who have arrived from Mos-. cow say that the Bolsheviki show intense hatred of the British, and all Britons between the ages of 18 and 45 are now likely to be retained. It is feared this will be the equivalent of a wholesale massacre. The Germans everywhere are unmolested.—"Tho Times." . , PROTESTS FTHE UKRAINE Amsterdam, September 22. Tlie Ukrainian Cabinet lias decided to send a protest to all countries against the arrest arid shooting of Ukrainians in Russia, and also a request to Germany to protect the Ukrainians in Russia.—Reuter. an appeal to the european governments: Amsterdam, September 22. A meeting of members of the Russian Duma and Imperial Council, held at Kieff, resolved to issue a manifesto appealing to all the Governments of Europe to end tho Bolshevik'terror.— Reuter. THE IATESTPbTmCAt PARTY Stockholm, September 22. It is reported from Russia that M. Miliukoff, leader of tho Constitutional Democrats, has formed « new party aiming at a constitutional pro-German monarchy.—"Tho Times." THE SO-CALLED POLISH SOLUTION Amsterdam, September 22. A semi-official telegram from Berlin says that negotiations between Germany and Austria-Hungary regarding Poland are still without residt. Germany, as before, rejects the so-called Austro-Polish. solution,—Reuter.