anti soviet revolt. [“The Times” Service.l (Received this day at 0.0 a.in.) LONDON, April 0. The Riga correspondent of the “Times” says that desultory guerilla warfare has been proceeding m Turkestan since January, and is rapidly developing into an extensive antiSoviet revolt. The main body of insurgents is composed of Sorts Hillmen and many Europeans. Russians, led by experienced military men, are also taking part. Trustworthy reports state the insurgents number twenty to thirty thousand horsemen. They are more or loss disciplined, well organised and provided with consideiablo modern artillery. The local red forces are losing ground and ore unable to cope with the ..insurgents whose methods of warfare include M 1 ' raids in which they are assisted by the local population. . The centre of the activity is horghana, where, after retiring to the h. Is last autumn, the insurgents spent the winter improving their organisation and gathering adherents.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 April 1924, Page 3
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149Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Hokitika Guardian, 10 April 1924, Page 3
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