RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

A STATE OF WAR. j .. U BETWEEN BOLSHEVIKS/AND' I MIXES, '■ 1< WHOLE NORTHERN TEERrrORTf' PROBABLY LOST TO BOLSHffii VIKS. .; i Received August 11, 3.5 p.m. Washington, August 10. * The State Department ig officially fol fonned that Lenin, in a speech, that a state of war existed betweej Russia and the Allies. When tiU Allied Consuls at Moscow asked tjfij Commissary of Foreign Affairs (Tchlt* chordii) for an explanation, the lattej said Lenin meant that Russia wa9 in 4 state of defence regarding the Allies but desired to continue relations jrttl them as with Germany. The State Department lias alto iti ceived an official account of the landSnj of the Allied troops at Archangel Prior to their arrival, Allied aeroplane) circled the city and dropped the Allied propaganda-literature. The Bolshevik* fled from the city, many escaping houseboats on the river. The French, and American Consuls were ftf rested prior to the Allied occupation '<s the city, hut the latter were released. ' The opinion is that if the AlHei forces operating from Archangel cot6> tinuo in the direction of Vologda, the «ni tire northern territory, from Kola an! Archangel to Vologda, will he. fcwts&i the Bolsheviks.—Presß Assoc, xPOSITION IN SIBERIA',ADDITIONAL TROOPS MAST'BB NEEDED. Received August 11, 6.5 »pj£ Tokio, AugUßt-9. The Premier, in an interview said tiurt, conditions might arise under which iiji would be necessary for the Allies to dW spatch additional troops to Siberia. The] country must be prepared for the emer* gency.—Reuter. JAPANESE IN CHARGE. \ OF.-SIBERIAN ' \ Received August 11, 5.6 p.m. ; : Washington August 10, ! General Kikiso Otani, a Japanese, J» ' been appointed Commander-in-Chief, i j' the Allies' Siberian expedition.—Press]; Assoc. >. ARREST OF ALLIES' CONSULS. . Received August 11, 5.5 p.m. London, August 10. Reuter learns that the Bolsheviks have arrested Mr. Robert Loekhavt, the; British Consul-General at Moscow as areprisal for the alleged firing upon thsSoviet members at Archangel. Th« Government has demanded Mr. Lock-j hart's release. It is believed the Anglo-French Consulate staff has «]f 7,' been arrested.—Reuter.