RUSSIA.
THE ALLIES' LANDING. EFFORT TO REORGANISE RUSSIA. London, July 13. The landing of a large Allied force on the Murman coast represents an ell'oi't to reorganise Russia and assist the counter-revolutionaries and Czechoj Slovaks to overthrow the Bolsheviks t and checkmate Germany's extensive -annexation plans. The ice-free ports of Murman provide tho only means by which the European Allies can supply guns, munitions, and stores to the Russian forces. expected that Japanese and American supplies will lie sent through Vladivostock, which is now in possession of the Czecho-Slovaks, who defeated the Bolsheviks and disarmed the Russian warships in the harbor. There are 15.000 German troops in Finland, mostly in the south, and it B would he difficult for them to reach Murr man, as communications are bad, except '■' by railway, and the terrain is difficult. f Lenin's Government, the headquarters of which are at Moscow, is protesting against the Allied landing, but is unable !• to interfere. The Government controls " only 60,000 troops, which are of poor J quality and indifferently equipped.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. i, J BOLSHEVIKS' LAST STRONG--3 HOLD. ■ we; a czecho-slovaks await * japanese. Amsterdam, July 13. Advices from Kieff state that the Bolsheviks at Moscow, so far from suppressing the revolutionaries, are only holding their own with the assistance of ■- the Lettish Guards. ;- Trotsky told the All Russian Congress d that a portion of the Soviet troops had 3 deserted to the enemy as the result of the Anglo-French propaganda.—Reuter. e London, July 13. 6 Bolshevik rule is rapidly waning r throughout Russia and the' influence of 0 Lenin's Government is almost confined to Moscow. Local bands of Bolsheviks 1- which are largely independent of Lenin n are governing other towns and districts. The most remarkable feature of the n Russian situation is the Czecho-Slovaks. t Many thousands of them deserted the A.ustrian army and fought with the Russians against the Austro-Germans before the Russian front finally collapsed. . Largo bodies of Czecho-Slovaks then marched eastward, intending to reach f Vladivostock and embark for America s and fight with the Allies on the western 1 front. These captured the larger part of tho Siberian railway, routed the Sie berian Bolsheviks, and now await Jap--1 anese intervention. e Other bodies of Czecho-Slovaks re--5 mained in European Russia and defeated ' the Bolsheviks in the Samara district. 7 The Czecho-Slovaks now control 2500 ' miles of the main railway from Penza to Nijni-Udinsk, in Siberia, where they ', have established their own Government. The Bolsheviks control the short stretch '" of the Siberian railway from NijniUdinsk to Chita, the remainder to Vladi- .' vostock being in the hands of the Czecho--1 Slovaks. , The remarkable achievements of the Czecho-Slovaks, who are estimated at over 250,000, have strengthened the Allies' handk The half-million GermanAustrian troops on the eastern front are second quality, j German newspapers assert that it is impossible for the Allies to restore the eastern front and compel Ludendorff to e withdraw divisions from France to fight „ tho reorganised Russian armies and ! e Czecho-Slovaks. Tho utmost Germany j. anticipates is that tho Allied efforts will . result in Lenin's overthrow and create 3 guerilla warfare against German troops. At present Germany is exploiting the Brest Litovsk treaty. AID OFFERED TO ALLIES. Is " BY SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARIES. '■ i d Stockholm, July 13. The Russian Social Revolutionaries have issued a manifesto which says that they do not fear the Allied landing. They accept the aid offered, and are preparing to assist to re-establish the east front, but there must be no interference in international affairs. The manifesto urges that the necessity of overthrowing the Bolsheviks, who are carrying out the German demands without protest, becomes daily more urgent.—Aus. N.Z. '• Cable Assoc. ?• THE SIBERIAN SITUATION. NEW GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED. Tokio, July 14. Reports show that the Siberian situation has been transformed by the formation at Harbin of a strong anti-Bolshevik Government, headed by General Howert, chief of the Chinese eastern railways, supported by leading Cadets, Liber»h als, and ex-Ministers of the Duma. The e " new Government is assured of wide pubJ d lie support.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. J 9 London, July 13. e Falk Horvat has proclaimed himself Premier of Siberia. The Government's programme includes the restoration of the treaties with the Allies, the reestablishment of the army and the abolition of the Bolshevik decrees. —United . Service. ag WILD TALK IN SOVIET. Amsterdam, July 14. The Hamburger Fremdenbktt states that tho Russian Foreign Minister, * speaking in the Soviet, declared that lie UP could olfer Japan favorable commercial treaties as a bribe against Japanese intervention in Siberia.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. BOLSHEVIKS DISARMED. cej Copenhagen, July 13. il- A trainload of Bolsheviks arrived in m- the Murman district. The anti-Bol-sheviks captured and disarmed" them all and sent them back to Moscow.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. MIRBACH'S MURDERERS SHOT. ,he m- Amsterdam, July 14. '•"5 The murderers of Count Mixbach have ■ been shot.—Aus* KZ. g*Wa A*soe.| ,
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