WAR IN RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1919, Page 5

WAR IN RUSSIA.

KOLTCHAK IN DANGER.

REVOLUTIONARIES TAKE CHARGE. < By Megraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 28, 5.5 p.m. Park, Dec. 27. Revolutionary Socialists have captured Irkutsk and Koltchak's army is endangered.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NEW BOLSHEVIK ADVANCE. SIBERIAN RAILWAY THREATENED. Received Dec. 28, 6.5 p.m. t 1 New York, Dec. 24. A message from Washington states that Japanese troops guarding the Siberian railways have Deen subjected to so many Bolshevik raids that they will be compelled to withdraw unless they are reinforced.

Ambassador Shidehara has been conferring with Mr. R. Lansing (Secretary for State) concerning the situation. According to the State Department, (Japan and the United States have concluded no agreement. The Japanese are ! making overtures to the United States with a view to preventing an advance by Bolsheviks. President Wilson has announced that the railroads will be returned to private ownership on March Ist., 1920.—Aus - N.Z. Cable Assn.

BOLSHEVIK OPERATIONS. A EAST DESPAIRING EFFORT. London, Dec. 24. There &T& indications that decisive operations have begun in the south of Russia. Denikin's wireless states that the Bolsheviks brought reinforcements, amounting to 40 infantry and seven cavalty divisions from the Siberian and northern fronts with a view to efushins the anti-Bolsheviks.

Denikin claims that he repulsed the first shock, inflicting enormous losses. British officers recently arrived from Russia atftte that the Bolsheviks realise that they are nearing the end of their resources, and are now making a last despairing effort.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

BOLSHEVIK ACTIVITY. FURIOUS ATTACKS ON WHOLE FRONT. Received Dec. 28, 11.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 26. There are reports of unusual Bolshevik activity over the entire front, with furious attacks at various points It is reported from Eevnl that the Bolsheviks are receiving l reinforcement* from Narvato and Pskoff. Fifty-six Bolshevik regiments attacked Narva with little result, twenty per cent -a B^e^3 to explode. Riga reports that strong Bolshevik forces opened an offensive, on the Lipnox ve f- All the attacks were heavily repulsed ~AliB.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIK PENETRATION. MANY TOWNS CAPTURED. . Received Dec. 29, 1.5 a.m. London, Dec. 26. A Moscow wireless message claims that the Bolsheviks captured Tomsk and seven smaller towns. The Bolsheviks are advancing from Novoniko and Laievik to the main Siberian railway, capturing enormous booty, and many prisoners. Some enemy detachments, which were unable to retire further, surrendered with their staffs. The message adds that Koltchak's army in the Tomsk region has ended its existence. The road to Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk is now opened. Deniken reports that British aviators are participating in constant raids on the enemy rear, causing panic.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, TOMSK EVACUATED. Rec. Dec. 29, 1.5 a.m. Irkutsk, Dec. 20 (delayed). Tomsk has been evacuated.—-Router Service,