SIBERIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1920, Page 5

SIBERIA.

AMERICANS CAPTURED.

JAPS IN KOREA ATTACKED.

By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright,

Received Feb. 10, 10.5 p.m,

Washington, Feb. 9. Bolsheviks in Siberia captured seven .American engineer* and three Red Cross workers. The State Department lias asked the American Consul at Harbin to secure their release.

An official despatch states that two thousand Koreans, armed and equipped by the Bolsheviks, crossed into Korea from Manchuria and attacked'a Japanese post of seven hundred men at night. They killed three Hundred and routed the remainder.

The despatch adds that the attack initiated an active rebellion in Korea, which is described as the beginning of an enormous affair. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE KOREAN ATTACKS. HEAVY JAPANESE LOSSES. BOLSHEVIKS CONTROL RAILWAY. Received Feb. 10, 11.15 p.m. Washington, Feb. 3. Further despatches say the Koreans were greatly reinforced, and in several instances the Japanese were outnumbered and suffered heavily, and were forced to withdraw.

According to official information, the Bolsheviks are in close touch with the Koreans, and are making an effort to provide the latter with equipment. It appears the entire railway from Vladivostok through Northern Manchuria has come under Bolshevik influence. Three Japanese divisions are in Korea, but are badly scattered. American officials believe there is little Bolshevik feeling amongst the Koreans, but the latter are so stirred against the Japanese that they are willing to assist any element attacking them.—Router Service. VLADIVOSTOK REVOLUTION. COMPLETE AND BLOODLESS. London, Feb. 7. Mr. Charles Wilton (the special correspondent of the London Times) cables that the revolution in Vladivostock was complete and bloodless. The soldiers donned red badges, the officers removed | their epaulettes, Rod flags were hoisted, and the White forces are surrendering. Members of the Zemstvos at present control the city, and are pledged to equitable rule, but all the scenes are reminiscent of the first days of the Petrograd revolution.

The Americans sponsored the coup d'etat, which extends through the man. time provinces. American soldiers are the darlings of the people of Vladivostok, the revolutionary leaders acclaiming them as saviours. The revolutionaries declare that they prefer to exist on a crust rather than live luxuriously under Japanese or other foreign rule. Mr. Wilton describes the Zemstvo leaders as reputable and honest, and says that possibly their rule will afford a chance for a successful national experiment, but Allied economic and financial aid is essential.—Times.