RUSSIA & THE ALLIES
LENIN DECLARES A STATE OP
WAR
AN ULTIMATUM TO JAPAN
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEAIANP CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
Washington, ioth August. The State Department has been, officially informed that Lenin, in a speech, declared a state of war existed between Russia and the Allies. When the Allied Consuls at Moscow asked the Commissary of Foreign Affnirs (M. Tchitcherin), for an explanation, the latter said thai Lenin meant that Russia was in a state of defence regarding the Allies, but desired to continue relations with them, as with Germany. COPENHAGEN, 11th August. Lenin, after a stormy meeting of the Soviets, issued an ultimatum to Japan in connection with her intervention in Siberia. j (Received August 12, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, 11th August. The New York Times correspondent at Washington states that the United States and. Allied Governments will not take special action regarding Tchitcherin's statement. There is no confirmation of the rumoured declaration _ of war against Japan by the Bolsheviks.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 37, 12 August 1918, Page 7
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