RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

. ALLIED POLICY WANTED, c DESPATCH OF VOLUNTEER FORCE ADVOCATED, Received April 21, 8.10 p.m. London, April 17. Sir George Buchanan, formerly ambassador to Russia, in a speech, regretted the Allied indisposition to grapple with the Russian problem. He did not advocate the conquest of Russia, but the adoption of a clear and definite policy indicating that we were wholeheartedly with the Russian patriots against the Bolsheviks. He counselled the dispatch of a small volunteer force to the south of Russia, and the furnishing of ample supplies of war material to Generals Kolchok and Deniken. Russia would inevitably fall under the control of the Central Powers if left to her fate. —AusN.Z. Cable Assn.

ALLEGED SIBERIAN INCIDENT DENIED. AMERICAN COMMANDER'S REPORT. WHY JAPANESE NOT ASSISTED. Received April 21, 9.35 p.m. New York, April 20. The New York Times' Washington correspondent says it is officially denied that Major-General Graves' cable on the 15th inst. reported that the American troops in Siberia were'not allowed to aid the Japanese troops, who were annihilated at Harbarovsk, because the Japanese troops shot down women and children.— Aus. N.Z. Cable AssocReceived April 21, 7.15 p.m. New York, April 16. The New York Times's Washington correspondent states that the War Department has received a report from Major-General Graves, commander of the American troops in Siberia, saying that the reason why the American forces were not allowed to assist the Japanese contingent, which was annihilated on February 25, on the Habarovsk front by the Russians, was because the Japanese shot down women and children. An official Japanese report on the incident, which has been received by the State Department, shows that out of 311 Japanese engaged 302 were killed. — Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. BOLSHEVIKS CLAIM SUCCESS. ' Received April 21, 8.-40 p.m. London, April 17. A Bolshevik communique claims to have forced the Dneister line after severe fighting, compelling the Roumanians to retreat in Bessarabia, —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. BOLSHEVISTS OCCUPY YALTA. Received April 21, 10.30 p.m. London, April 27. The Bolshevists have occupied Yalta.— Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.