EASTERN TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3587, 25 September 1920, Page 5

EASTERN TROUBLES.

BOKHARA CITY SACKED.

AFGHANS TAKE ACTION.

DELHI, Sept, 23. On the report that the Emir of Bokhara had taken, refuge in Shahrisabz, "Red" troops marched from Bokhara and surrounded the city .No resistance was made and the town was finally entered by the Bolsheviks, who, on the plea of making a .search for the Emir, looted the houses and wrought great havoc, burning what they were unable to carry away. These events finally induced the Afghan Government to take action against the Bolsheviks at Kabul, many arrests being made. All officials have been warned to arrest anyone against whom there is the slightest suspicion of being a Bolshevik.

Received 9.25 a.m

DELHI, Sept. 24

Details available of the capture of Bokhara City by the Bolsheviks show that the Emir of Bokhara had wisely conentrated his troops, whos'ftwTesistance completely surprised the i viks. The bat:le for the city swayed to and fro, both sides losing heavily, ana positions were won and lost again and again. The Red command was compelled to draw on all his reserves before the city was captured, and the Emir* forced to fly to the Alghan frontier with the remnants of his army. After its capture, Bokhara was given over to the troops to loot, the wealth of the Bazaars falling to the Red soldiery. The Bolsheviks are now expected in Southern Persia and Afghanistan. CHINA EMBARRASSED. DELICATE SITUATION. Received 10.45 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 24. The New York Times' Pekin correspondent states that Prince Koudacheff, head of the Czarist Russian Diplomatic Corps, refused to close the Legation according to China's request. China is embarrassed as a result, since she hoped to deprive the Russians of extra territorial rights, thereby encouraging o'her nations to abandon similar privileges.