INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 239, 27 June 1918, Page 5

INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA

JAPAN HOLDS ALOOF FOR THE ' PRESENT i London, June 25. Japan has decided not to comply foj i the present with the Entente's request ] to interveno in Siberia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable : Assn. . ' (Rec. June 2G, 11.15 p.m.) I New York, June 25. i Mr. Bernstein, in an article in the j "New York Herald," states that unless I the Allies interveno in Eussia the 80l- ■ ; sheviki will mobilise armies for Ger- ! many. / • ! The Now York "Sun 6" Washington ! correspondent attaches significance to the j fact that M. Konovaloff, an influential I supporter of Kerensky, has had a lengthy j conference with Mr. Lansing, relative to ; the question of intervention.—Aus.-N.Z. ! Cablo Assn. .....:.: -| BOLSHEVIK COLLAPSE IN WESTERN -i SIBERIA J (Eec. June 2C, 5.5 p.m.) I Poking, Juno 25. ', The Bolshevik power has collapsed in i Western Siberia. The Czech-Slovaks con- ! trol the Prals-Irkutsk rail.vay, and havo ostabliehed a Government, but 10,000 . i Austro-German prisoners under General ; Tflube aro moving against General Sein- ; enoff's army, whose Cossacks are desert- " . ing owing to diesensions.— "The Times." . ; IRKUTSK CAPTURED. j (Rec. June 26, 11.50 p.m.) ! London, June 25. ' The Czechoslovak troops under Gene- . nil Alexieff have captured Irkutsk.— j r.cuter. . \' ■; AMERICAN-SLAV LEGION FOR FRANCE j . (Roc. Juno 27, 0.10 a.m.) •] Washington, June 25. . ■ Tho Sonate has authorised the forma- - tion of a Slavic Legion in the United , States, to light in Franco beside the j Allies. Two and a half millions ster- ; ling has been allotted for that purpose.— ! ing—Aus.-N.Z; Cable Assn-.Reuter. | GERMAN LANDINgITtHE BLACK SEA ' j COAST :! (Reo. Juno 26, 10.15. p.m.) ; Now York, June 25. ; A message from Moscow, states that the Germans have . landed threa thou- ; sand troops at Poti, on the Block Sea.— lleuter. " . .: BOLSHEVIKI RFXJvTnG GERMAN AID .; TEUTONIC INVASION OF THE ; CAUCASUS. (Rec. Juno 27, 0.40 a.m.) . ; New York; June 25. ; Tho United Press Stockholm correspon- ; dent states that the Bolsheviki are re- ' coiving direct aid from Germany for ; lighting against tho Czechoslovaks and Siberians. Three thousand Germans have landed at ports noar Batum. It is believed that'this is the first stop to the complete occupation of the Caucasus.— Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn. ' ; REPORTED MURDERJF THE EX-TSAB I a'RED GUARD CRIME.:. « (Rec. Juno 26, 10.15 p.m.) ' Now York, June 25. ; A message from, Copenhagen says that the Russian newspaper "Vjia states thsr. the Red Guard broke into the rest- ; denee of the former Tear at Skatinburg, and murdered him.—Heater; <