RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

HEAVY FIGHTING IN SIBERIA. THE EX-CZAR'S FATE. Received June 27, 2.15 pm. Amsterdam, June 26. A Moscow telegram states that CzechSlovak troops have entered Ekaterinburg. Heavy fighting is proceeding in connection with the above. It is understood that the Czar is at Ekaterinburg, but there is no confirmation of the report that he was assassinated. —Press Assoc. POSITION IN SIBERIA. CZEOHO-9LOVAKS OVERTURN THE (BOUSHEVIKS. Received June 26, 2.35 p.m. London, June 26. Reuter authoritatively learns that it is untrue that a decision has been reached regarding intervention in Siberia- The position is that the Bolshevik Government is daily becoming more difficult. The Czecbo-Slovaka have overturned the Bolsheviks everywhere in Siberia, except eastward of Tomsk, where the Bolsheviks, with the help of MagyarGerman prisoners, have beaten Senienon', whose detachment is across the Manchurian border. There are indications that the Germans may attempt to supersede Bolshevism by another form of Government under German control.—Reuter. THE CHINESE FORCES. GETTING RBADTFOE, ACTION. Received June 27, 2J5 p.m. London, June 26. The Daily Mail's Harbin correspondent states that the Chinese Government has Instructed the military Governors of tije Manchurian provinces to hold troops ready for action. Germans are holding largo supplies of cotton for transmission via the Amur when the control of the railway is regained,—Press Assoc.