RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

BOLSHEVISTS RETIRE, IN THE SOUTH AND EAST, By Telegraph.—r.-esa Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 1, 8.45 p.m. , London, tiept. 30. A Bolshevik wireless admits that owing to the pressure of the considerably reinforced enemy the Bolsheviks retired to new positions 45 versts westward of Kieff. The communique also admits reverses on, the eastern front, including the evacuation of Tobolsk, and the retirement within twenty verets eastward of Kurgan.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. SUCCESSFUL TANK ATTACK. London, Sept. 30. Messages from Moscow state that the Bolsheviks admit that an attack by tanks in the Dorinsk region compelled them to retire.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc, DOUGHBOYS AND COSSACKS DISAGREE. i Washington, Sept. 30. Major-General Graves, commanding the Americans in Siberia, demanded an apology from the Cossack commander Kalmikoff for flogging an American soldier. The Cossacks arrested an American officer and soldier in Imam because they did not possess identification papers', i which the Americans contended were unnecessary. The officer escaped. The Americans then surrounded the Cossacks and bloodshed was narrowly avertel. Japanese officers announced that they intended to side with the Cossacks in the event of hostilities.

BRITISH SAILORS IN BLACK SEA. • ". • Vienna, Sept. 29. It is reported that British sailors have been landed at Odessa. Constantinople, Sept. 30. Gregorieff was killed by. his aide-de-camp because he declared himself a supporter of Denikin. CONVOCATION OF ASSEMBLY. Received Oct. 1, 10.10 p.m. Washington, Oct. 1. The Russian Embassy has issued a statement that Admiral Koltchak has ordered the convocation of a Mate assembly of delegates of the small rural districts of Siberia, who will be elected, while representatives of the Russian Zemstvos and other European and Russian public bodies will be invited to participate in the assembly. The Koltchak Government will support one-third of all the delegates. The assembly will have legislative and consultative func-tions.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.