RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1918, Page 6

RUSSIA.

SAFEGUARDING SIBERIA. AMERICAN-JAPANESE INTERYEN-. TION. Tokio, July 22. Tho Diplomatic Couucil has approved America's proposal for joint intervention and a proclamation is being issued assuring Russia that the Entente has no aggressive designs. Washington, July 22. The American plans to aid Russia include a military expedition and economic aid lent. There will be no attempt to reconstitute the battle-front.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. It is understood that a JapaneseAmerican agreement for intervention in Siberia has been concluded.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Tientsin, July 22. It is now regarded as certain that the Bloody Czar is happily deceased, in Siberia. The newspapers almost unanimously favor the stop,—Aus. N.Z Cable Assoc. HOVAT'S AMBITION. Peking, July- 22. Hovat has proclaimed himself provisional ruler of all Russia. He aims at restoring order, and will convoke a Constituent Assembly.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. DISPOSING OF THE ROMANOFFS. Amsterdam, July 21. The Ural Soviets announced that by order of the Revolutionary Council the Bloodp Cazr is happily deceased. A decree, dated tho 17th, declares that the Romanoffs' family property, including deposits in Russian and foreign banks, arc now the property of the republic. The Terrorists have taken the exCzarevitch to deep in the interior. The place is unknown. —Times Service. MURMAN DISTRICT RESISTS TROTSKY. Stockholm, July 22. According to Moscow telegrams, the population in the Murman district is stubbornly resisting Trotsky's mobilisation order. The whole of the villages are fightins the Soviet's emissaries.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc, GERMAN EMBASSY GUARDED. Amsterdam, July 22. It is reported that the Bolshevik Government has given way to German pressure and is allowing German soldiers to guard the German Embassy at Moscow.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.