WHETHER ALLY, NEUTRAL, OR ENEMY, IN DOUBT.
LONDON, February 15. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the position of Russia was obscure. He declined to say whether Russia was now .an ally, neutral, or an enemy. The Minister of National Service, Sir Auckland Geddes, announced that „"under the present circumstances he would cease recruiting Russians under the .Military Service Convention. F Commander Looker-Eampson, who was in charr/c of the British armoured Lear section which fought in Russia, states that the value to Germany of |. prisoners released by Russia has been greatly exaggerated. They are really -1 likely tr, prove ilr-ngcrniis owing to their having imbibed revolutionary views. |Tbe majority arc ( z-di? and Slavs, and others who arc against the Central | Powers, and especially against Austria. During the last, lighting in which | the British armoured car unit was engaged the Austrian* surrendered whole£tale. Some even volunteered to fight against the Austrians.—-(Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 5
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