RUSSIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18216, 2 October 1919, Page 7

RUSSIA.

THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN. # —"Jjp By Tolograph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. VIENNA, September 29. It is reported that British sailors have landed at Odessa. AMERICANS AND COSSACKS. WASHINGTON, September 30. Major General Graves, commanding the Americans in Siberia, demanded an apology from the Cossack commander, General Kalmikoff, for flogging an American soldier. Cossaicks arrested an American officer and soldier in Inian, because they did not possess identification papers, which the Americans contended were unnecessary- Ibe officer escaped. Americans then surrounded the Cossacks and bloodshed was narrowly averted. Japanese officers announced that they intended to side with the Cossacks in the event of hostilities. BOLSHEVIKS RETIRE. LONDON, September 30. Messages from Moscow state that the Bolsheviks admit that an attack by tanks in the Dvinsk region compelled them to retire. DENIKIN SUPPORTER SHOT. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 30. General Gregorieff was lulled by an aide-de-camp because he declared himself a supporter of General Denikin. THE BALTIC PROVINCES. Beater’s Telegrams. BERLIN, September 30; It ia semi-offioially stated that General Von der Goltz has been finally recalled from the Baltic Provinces after the failure to persuade the troops to withdraw. ALLIED BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, September 30. The blockade against Germany has begun, owiug to her failure to remove the German troops from tho Baltic provincesBOLSHEVIKS ADMIT REVERSES. LONDON, September 30. A Bolshevik wireless message admits that owing to tho pressure of a considerably reinforced enemy tho Bolsheviks have retired to new positions forty-five versts westward of Kietf. Tho communique also admits reverses on tho Eastern front, including the evacuation of Toblosk and a retirement within twenty versts eastward of Kurgan.

KOLCHAK’S STATE ASSEMBLY.

(Received October 1, 10.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, October 1. Tho Russian Embassy has issued a statement that Admiral Kolchak has ordered the convocation of a State Assembly. Delegates from tho small rural districts in Siberia will be elected, while representatives of the Russian Zemstvos and other European Russian public bodies will bo invited to participate in the Assembly. Tho Kolchak Government will appoint one-third of al] the delegates. Tho Assembly will have legislative and consultative functions.