Bolshevik Activities

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 45, 5 February 1920, Page 5

Bolshevik Activities

NEW ROLE IN EAST. A TAMERLANE PRETENDER. TO LEAD MOSLEM ARMY ACROSS HALF ASIA. I* (Mte.-Pna AaooataStaa.—Oosttl«Ml (Received 5, 8-50 a.m.) Berlin, Feb. 3The so-called Bolshevik League for the emancipation of the East, has begun operations in Turkestan, where a pretender to the ancient throne of Tamerlane has appeared. The pretender, who is of the Uzbeg race, says he is a descendant oi Tamerlane, but a Bolshevik. He recently entered Samarkand wr.n great pomp and proclaimed the equalisation of all property rights, then announced he would lead the army to the Ganges like his.great ancestor, and produced alleged treaties with the Khanate of Khiva and the Tartar Republic of Azeroaijan, saying he would unite under his sway all Turanian Moslems. — (A- and N.Z.) [Tamerlane. a corruption of Timor, was a Tartar conqueror. He became ruler about 1370 of a whose capital was Samarkand. He conquered Persia and Central Asia, and in 1388 a greater part of India. He defeated in 1402 the mighty Turkish Sultaiu Bajezet. who bad terrorised the greater part of the Byzantine Empire in Europe and Asia. He died while preparing to invade China. ] TURMOIL IN VLADIVOSTOK. STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED. Washington, Feb. 3. The revolutionaries have captured Vladivostock according to a message from Graves, the American commander. The Allies are patrolling the city. Tokio, Feo. <l. A state of siege has been proclaimed at Vladivostock, where Japan is guarding the State Bank. A Bolshevik attack is expected. SUPPRESSED CALM FOREIGNERS"”IN DANGER. JAP. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING. (Received 5, 12-35 p.m.) London, Feb. 3. • Mr. WiHou, the “Times’ ’* correspondent. writing from Vladivostock, .says aweral million roubles were daringly expropriated from the State Bank. The Japanese are now guarding v Ladivostock, which is calm, though the whole country outside is Bolshevik. It is reported that huge Japanese reinforcements are earning. Commumcatiaaa from the interior have ceased, except occasional wireleM. Diplomatic ami Consular representatives are coacertiag measures for the protection of lives and property of foreigner*, who constitute 60 per cent, of the population, including 60,000 CfeaaoM, «00 Japanese. . . . The anti-foreign feeling is rising.— (•Times.”) THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY JAPANESE REMAIN. TILL CZECHBEVACUATED. Tokio, Feb. 3. The Minister of War in an interviewed Japans aim in Siberia was the evacuation of the Czechs, whereof 50,000 required transport. Thia necessitated keeping the. radwavs ouen. The Japanese woiuu noTt& interference from any quarter in thia task, bat would wueaTour not to interfere with Sibenan politics. The Japanese enratmation of Siberia was unthinkable until the Czechs were removed. — (A. and N.Z.) SOVIET’S POWER SLIPPING red armysTascentfancy. PLOT TO ARREST LENIN. Berlin, Feb. 3. It transpires that the Soviet Government, on January sth. executed Malinovsky, commander, and six officers of the Red Guards for plotting to seize the Kremlin, and arrest Lenin and his colleagues. The Soviet newspapers declare that the Red Army is becoming a menace to the Government. It has taken up a privileged position, ana does what it likes, while the Government looks on helpless. ANTI-GERIiAN_PROPAGANDA BOLSHEVIKS CLAIM CREDIT. (Received 5, 12.50 p.m.) Washington, Feb. 4. Martens, the Soviet Ambassador, before the Senate Investigation Committee. said an official of the United States Government had co-operated with the Bolsheviks in Russia, to undermine the German Government, prior to the armistice. Extensive propaganda was injected into Germany.—(A. and N.Z.) ANXIOUS DOLLAR CHASERS. WANT RUSSIAN TRADE. New York, Feb. 3. More than one hundred representatives of American business firms have organised an American Commercial Association lor the purpose of entering into prompt trade with Russia. They have.authorised mandamus proceedings against Mr. Lansing (Secretary to State) to compel him to grant permission to trade with Russia.