IN RUSSIA.
BOLSHEVIK SUCCESS. Received 10.5 a..m. LONDON‘, May 31. A Bolshevik communique states:—— Our troops have occupied positions on the left bank of the Ber-isina in the Borisoff region. r ARMENIANS PUSHING. BOLSHEVIKS. REDS MAKE TREATY OFFER. SIMLA, May 31. News has been received from the Caucasus that when the Bolshevik armies were descending upon Baku from the north, at large and well equipped Armenian force moved against the Tartar Republic and captured Elizabeth-pol after fierce fighting. The Armenians are now astride the railway below Tiflis, and are moving along it_ Another Armenian force is advancing down the river Ar-as, apparently with the intention of seizing the district of Karadag‘h, lying between Persia and the Tartar Republic. This move cutting off the Bolsheviks from Persia except by sea, induced the Red lead'ers- to approach the Armenians with offers of treaty. A
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3501, 1 June 1920, Page 5
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