RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 163, 8 July 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA

INDICATIONS OF ALLIED INTERVENTION , TROOPS REPORTED' AT VIxAtDIVOSTDK. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. JulV 8, 10.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 6. > Cabled advices received here declare that the presence of Allied troops at yiadivostock aroused tremendous enthusiasm in Eastern Siberia. Vladct--vostolc homes were beflagged. According to advices England! and France expect to land several thousand troope. ' • , It is uncertain what part, Japan. and Csiina will play. - . . , , Diplomatic. officials are inclined to believe that Japan's half-million a* .idlers will be usable advantageously. Belief is • that President Wilson will foe guided by Foch's and' the Allied Council's recommendations. A* United- Press Tokio message re•"porta that tlie CzocliO'-Slovaks _ -established at Vladivostok a commissariat for Siberia. When they entered Vladivqsitobk they captured .quantities of munitions. Allied and Chinese troops landed to preserve order. BOLSHEVIKS TO OPPOSE , INTERVENTION. fßec July 5, 9.5 a.m-> • PARIS, July 7. The Moscow p&per Izuestia, an* official Bolshevik organ, says the Allies will be opposed by military force if they intervene in : Russia.

CZEOHO-SLAVS AT VLADIVOSTOK. ('Rec. July 8, 9.5 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 7. A : message from Vladivostok states that the Comandani? of the C'zecho-Slo-•vaks disarmed' the Bolsheviks and restored the former administration (Rec. July 8, 12.55 p.m.) : TOKIO, July 6Fifteen thousand Ozechs have entered Vladivostok. Three Czechs and 57• Bolehetviks were killed. . GERMAN AMBASSADOR ASSASSINATED. " ' RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS. . (Rec. July 8, 10.50 am ) - , P.ARI9, July 7. Xerensky, addressing a mei r ,i .ig of Socialist members of Parliament, rt ad a document drawn up on the 15th May, at a secret meeting of several groups of the Russian ■Constitutional Assembly. _ _ The documenit declares that Rn?t-a refuses to recognise the Brest Lit-\»K Treaty, and remains faithful to tLe Allies. It also states that toe war will continue "between Russia o-.d Germany. FURST STROKE OF > VENGEANCE. (Rec. July 8, 9.5 a.m.}' " ~ ; PARIS, July-?. ■ The newspapers regard the assassination of 'Mirbach ae the first'stroke ; of vengeance of oppressed Russia against German! tyranny, and a severe blow to the Germ n plans. GENERAL FlaM RECOMMENDS INTERVENTION. (Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, July 6. The recommendations of General Foch to the Inter-Allied War Council have been received by the United States Government./ They urgently recommnd intervention in Russia. British, French, Japanese, and Amerr ican marines have .already landed at Vladivostock, and 2500 Dalmatians, exprisoners of war in "Russia, are now under the Italian " flag. • SOCIALISTS LOYAL TO THE " f , ■; ALLIES. f (Australian and N. Z. Cable Association:)'

PARIS, JuJyi ' 6.- ' Kerensky, addressing the Socialist? group, said the Russian "Constituent 1 Assembly groups met secretly on''May : 16th, and refused to recognise, 'I'M Brest -LitoV.sk tfreaty. They dtecii£red ! fidelity to the Allies, and that a state o f war still exists between Russia'and\ Germany. Kereneky concluded by stating that ! it was necessary for the Allies to siiccpur Russia, which, was powerless' to act alone. SITUATION IN SIBERIA.. , fPablished in The Times.) TOKIO, July 5. The Russian Consulate at Kobe reports that the Czechoslovaks, manded by General Dietrfchs, fully control Vladivostock. They close the port at night time. ESCAPE OF GRAND DUKE . MICHAEL. 'Australian andN.Z. Cable Association.) COPENHAGEN, July 5. A Russian telegram states that a number of men disguised as Red Guards "assisted the Grand iDuke Michael to escape. The supposed Red Guards showed tho Governor an order from the Soviet that it -was necessary —\to take r the Grand Duke toJ2erm ow- : ing to the tianger ol attack upon him. The Red Guards • took him in a motor •' \ • - ' ' * " ''' •* l ' .V" " ' • ' .

car. Next day tie Governor found the order t<" be ta'lse. A. Berlin message states that a report from Kieff dccilares that the statement that the Grand Duke Michael has been proclaimed Czar and is marching against Moscow is a pure invention. THE ARMENIAN OFFENSIVE. OCCUPATION" OF GRIVAN. (Australian and N.Z. Cabl» Association.) AMSTERDAM, July 5A message irom Tiflis states that 24.000 —rmenian troops occupied Er» van.