THE NEW WAR IN SIBERIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 279, 14 August 1918, Page 5

THE NEW WAR IN SIBERIA

JAPANESE ADVANCE TROOPS JOIN ' CZECHOSLOVAKS CANADIAN BRIGADE FOR THE FRONT London, August 12. The Hague, correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that German advices 6tate I that Japaneßo advanco troops are now in touch with tlio Czecho-Slovaks.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. BRITISH TROOPS""PROCEED■ TO NEW FRONT. * (Rec. August 13, 7.25 p.m.)' ' London, August 12. The War Office states that- the British' who landed at Vladivostok have proceeded to tho Ussuri front.—Aus.-N.Z: Cable Aesn.-Reutcr. HEASOIirFOB HASTE CZECH-SLOVAK FRONT IN DANGER. (Rcc. August 11, 1.5 a.m.) Toklo, August 12. Japan is hastening her preparations, owing to the increasing seriousness, of the Czechs' situation. > Strong MagyarGerman forces are ondangering the two fronts at Ussuri and Trans-Baikal.—'"3'he Times." , CANADIANS~FOR SIBERIA ; UNIT 4000 STRONG. Ottawa, August 12. A Canadian brigade is going to Siberia shortly. The Government has announced that Canada will be represented by a military unit, approximately 4000 men, in the' Allied expeditionary force to Si-beria.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. BOLSHEVIKI FACING SERIOUS CRISIS. Amsterdam, August 12. The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that the Czecho-Slovaks have inoreased to three hundred thousand. The situation of the Soviet Government is therefore serious.—Au6.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. A RUSSIAN"REPORT (Rco. August 13, 8,80 p.m.) London, August 12. Wireless Russian reports from Kieff state that five thousand peasants, provided with machine-guns, artillery, food, . and hospital motors, have crossed the Dnieper in the direotion of Poltava. The Germans sent pursuing forces. .There •is incessant fighting at. various parts. Tho Ukraine communists, at Vologda are taking measures to combat the AngloFrench forces and the- White. Guards.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter. KRYLENKO TOCOHMAND THE BOLSHEVIK FORCES '

Amsterdam, August 12. I The "Lokal Anze&cr" states that Kry- ; lenko has been appointed to command ] thu Red Guards against the Czecho- : Slovaks in place of Muravieff, who re- ■ cently committed suicide. Krylenko was recently acting as a policeman—Renter. y LENIN AND TROTSKY IN REFUGE. J Paris, August 12 The "Echo do Paris" , quotes a Berlin ■ dispatch as stating that Lenin and Trotsky are taking refuge in ICronstadt.— . Aus.-N.Z. Cable A6sn. (Roc. August 13, 10.25 p.m.) • Copenhagen, August 12. German newspapers report that the' Bolshevik Government is following Lenin and Trotsky to Kronstadt. Tho coun-ter-revolutionaries now hold Moscow and a. great part of llussia."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter'. PETROGRAD AN ARMED BOLSHEVIK CAMP (Rec. August 14, 1.5 a.m.) The Hague, August 12. Strong detachments of Bolshevik infantry and cavalry aro constantly patrolling Petrograd and Moscow, examining every passport, and arresting many suspects. Field guns have been pi seed in tho-squares, and machine-guns at the street corners. Tho militia, have been greatly reinforced.—"Tho Times.'a reprlsalarrest . BOLSHEVIK ENVOY 'FOB BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL. , : London, August 12. The "Daily Express" states that'it had been decided to arrest JL Litvinoff, the ! Bolshevik Enyov in London, .unless Sir Robert-Lockhart, Consul at Moscow, was , released—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. <; EICHORN'S ASSASSIN EXECUTED. Amsterdam, August 12.' Donaki, the assassin who -killed General von Eiohorn, German Ambassador in the Ukraine, has been executed.—Reuter.