RUSSIA.
CZECHO-SLAV FORCES. 100,000 STRONG. NIKOLSiK CAPTURED. Received July 14, 6.5 p.m. ' Washington, July 12. i The chairman of the American Council i of C/.cchi states that there are 100,000 i in the Czech-Slovak forces in Siberia and 3 elsewhere. Advices received from Vladivostok ; state that the Czechoslovaks attacked an an-.'~d force of former German pri- - soju-i-a. whereof the Czeclia captured 600. ■ They also took the town of Nikolsk, 80 E miles north-west of Vladivostok. THE ALLIES AT MURMAN. PROLONGED CAMPAIGNS FORESHADOWED. GERMANY ALARMED. CENTRAL POWERS MUST SEND ARMIES. Received July 14, 5i5 p.m. London, July 13. The Allies' landing at Murman is regarded as an event of the first import, auce. Coupled with the German new 3 from Russia, it foreshadows that Russia will eventually be the scene of scattered nnd prolonged campaigns. Berlin states that the Allies have planned to attack on two sides, while the Japanese advance into the Baikal district, where they will link up with General Senienoff. Berlin regards the British expedition as most serious, and asserting that Berlin intends to advance from the north against the heart of European Russia, asks whether the feeble Soviet Government is capable of resisting, with Red Guards, disciplined troops. Berlin admits that the Allies have already established a connection with the Czecho-Slovaks, who furnish a valuable rallying-point. Berlin announces that the Central Powers must intervene with their armies, because the Russian Government is too weak to resist without help. It is impossible for the Central Powers to permit the Allies to gather a new source of strength in the East—Times Service, RAILWAY GUARDED BY ALLIES. Received July 14, 5.5 p.m. Petrograd, July 12. The Allied forces,, at the request of the Russians, are guarding the Murman coast railway against the Germans.—United Service. WAR PREPARATIONS iBYi TROTSKY. Received July 14, 5-5 p.m. Stockholm, July 12. As a consequence of the Allies landing on the Murman coast, the war commissaries of Northern Russia has ordered war preparations. Trotsky has proclaimed a partial mobilisation, and has gathered war materials from the old front. Military censorship has been reestablished at Petrograd. North Russia Bolshevik circles state that the Government hopes for a peaceful settlement, (but i 3 determined on war if necessary.—Reuter. BOLSHEVIK NEWS. STAMPED WITH IMPROBABILITY. Received Jnly 14, 65 p.m. London, July 12. Russian news, from Bolshevik sources, insists that there has been _a complete suppression of the counter-revolution in various parts of the country, and that the Czechoslovaks were heavily defeated in the Samara region and forced to cross the Volga, northwards of Moscow. Other Ozecho-Slovak troops, at Tcherhaadrimak, in Eastern Siberia, were also compelled to retreat. The messages indicate the widespread nature of the revolt. The Bolsheviks state that the situation is now secure, and that they : are preparing for a fresh counteroffensive.—Reuter. INTERVENTION IN SIBERIA. ' I JAPAN'S ATTITUDE UNCHANGED. Eeceiced July 14, 56 p.m. Tokio, July 12. The report from Washington, that Ja- ' pan had declined the request of the En- , tetnte to intervene in Siberia, on any ' ground whatsoever, has been authori- 1 tatively declared to ho untrue. Japan's attitude is unchanged. America's reply j on the subject is still awaited. An unofficial report states that, in Japan, there is an almost uannimous j feeling that the despatch of troops to j Siberia at present is unnecessaray. CHOLERA INCREASING. : OWING TO LACK OF FOOD. ' Received July 14, 5.5 p.m. London, July 12. Wireless Russian official:—Owing to \ food shortage, cholera is increasing at j Petrograd. There are many hundreds of victims daily. It will be very diffi- . cult to carry on till harvest. \ The councils in the corn provinces have i urged the speeding up of tho despatch of t food.—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reu- 1 ter. j
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