AN AMERICAN FLOGGED
APOLOGY DEMANDED FROM
COSSAGKS
BLOODSHED NARROWLY AVERTED
(Received October 1, 9 a.m.)
v WASHINGTON; 30th September. . Major-General Graves,' commanding the Americans in Siberia; has demanded an apology.from tha Cossack commander, Kalmikotf,- for flogging an American soldier. "; The. Cossacks arrested an American officer and soldier; at Imam because they, had no identification papers.; The Americans ' contended that papei-s were unnecessary. The officer escaped. The Americans ■ then : surrounded^ the Cos- . sacks and. bloodshed was narrowly averted. .Japanese officers.; announced -.that they intended: to side with the Cossacks in the . event of hostilities. ' .
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 79, 1 October 1919, Page 7
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93AN AMERICAN FLOGGED Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 79, 1 October 1919, Page 7
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