RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 166, 11 July 1918, Page 5

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SIBERIA I LIBERATION FROM BOLSHEVIKS CZECHOSLOVAKS' AIM AND PROGRAMME. (Published in The Times.) (Roc.. July 11, 9.5 a.m. 1 ) TOKIO, July 10. The Czecho-Slovaks' aim is a new Provisional Government for Siberia, established at Vladivostock, tlie convoBation of the Assembly; restoration of law and order ; a. flag with two stripes, white and green, representing the snowclad plains and the verdure of thie mighty forests. Tlie programme includes the liberation of -Siberia from the Bolsheviks, avoiding, if possible, foreign intervention ; the establishment of a Provincial Council and labour bureau- distribution of land; control of economic activities ; and universal suffrage. Sibei ria will 'be the first democratic state i in Russian History and the forerunner of the regeneration of Great RussiaThe Government will continue to fight the 'Central Powers, the- people to a man supporting thle new regime. ALLEGED .SUPPRESSION OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, July 9. r The newspapers accept reservedly the Bolshevikist statement that the counter-revolution lias been suppressed, Sunday's reports-, the latest received, not suportiiifr this. The newspapers demand decisive Allied action. MOSCOW SITUATION OBSCURE. (Renter's Telegrams.) LONDON, July 9. Telegrams from Russia are mostly coming from Berlin. They are scrappy and hazy. Apparently the whole country is in a fermjent. There was bitter (fighting at Omsk, and heavy fighting with' the Cossacks in the uon region. The situation at is ob»:uro. The Bolsheviks, terrified, at the possi ' ble German- reprisals for the murder i of Mirbach, continue to make whole- ! sale arrests- of the leaders of parties apposing their regime. A DUTCH REPORT. REVOLUTIONARIES IN CONTROL. 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM, July 9. According to Holland's News Bureasu, Lenijrv and Trotlsky (has takedi refuge in the Kremlin, and soldiers .are' guarding all streets leading thereto. ' The Social Revolutionaries arrested the [Prefect of Police, and are hold- . ing- him as a hostage. | AMERICAN ECONOMIC iVUSSION i NO MILITARY INTERVENTION 1 AT PRESENT. I (Australian and N.Z. Cablk Association NEW YORK, July 9 Mr Shaplin, the United Press cor- ■ respondent at Stockholm, says the Bolgbieviks will either accept the Germandemands arising out of -Mirbach's assassination, or abdicate. The United Press learns from an authoritative though unofficial source at Washington that America will send an . economic mission to Russia, and also i .troops to protect the mission, but there will be no military intervention at present. \ A GZECHO-SLOVAK VICTORY NIC HO L A lEV.S K OCCUPIED. CReuter's Telegrams.) VLADIVOSTOCK, July 9 The Czechcr-Slovaks, ' under General XHetrichs, after disarming the Bolsheviks here, • moved westward and »ori-oou-ntered near Nicholaievsk a largo force of Austro-German prisoners and* Bolshevikist troops. The ibatt-le resulted in a heavy enemy defeat. General Dietriclis occupied Uicholaievsk and disarmed the population. OVERSEA SOLDIERS' SCHOLAR; SHIPS. SUCCESSFUL NEW ZEAL ANDERS. (Raater's Telegrams.) LOiMDOIN, July 9. Under tlio overseas sailor and soldier scholarships scheme in connection with the Rhodes Trust a,nd the Kitchener Fund, the scholarship in architecture has been awarded to Lance - Corp oral A. • H. Brown, of the New Zealand Engi- ■ neers; and in agriculture to Captain E. J. Fawcett, of the N'ew Zealand Infantry. ' Captain E. J. Fawcett is an officer of the 12th (Nelson and Marlborough) Regiment, now. of Iho 'Expeditionary Force. ENEMY ALIENS. CO/MPLAINT BY LORD 1 BERESFO'RD. (Published in The Times.) 1 LONDON, July 9. In the House of Lords, Lord Beresb ford declared that the lenient treatment of aliens was intensely irritating to the public. He had -received 3000 letters of protest in a fortnight. The uninterned y male enemy subjects numberd 12,600, a of whom 6000 were Germans, including • some in every financial, commercial and industrial department of the State. Fifty-seven were still serving as British consuls. Lord Sandhurst replied- that the Government appreciated the popular anxiety. An opportunity would be given to a discuss the question. In the House of Commons, Sir Albert Stanley, in reply td a question, said that enemy subjects had . made 1310 ap- >- plications for patents since the outs' break of the war. The Board of Trade a I had granted 944*. ( '■

SUBMARINES CONVOY SYSTEM SATISFACTORY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association., (Keo. July 11, 9.55 a.m.) LONDONi, July 10. Sir Leo Chiozza Money (Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controliler) says that the results of o>:ean convoying continued to improve. Since its inception in January, 1917, the deadweight capacity of 42,000,000 tons had been convoyed to British and French ports with the loss of 1.29 per cent. VESSEL ESCAPES FROM TORPEDOES. (Rec. July 11, 1.30 jp.m.) NEW YiOtRK, July 1)0. An American steamer, farrying a cargo of nitrates from Chile, was attacked by a U-boat on Monday, 350 miles from Cape Henry. (At*- the southern entrance to Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.) Two torpedoes narrowly missed her, GERMAN SUBMARINES AGAIN OFF AMERICAN COAST. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. July 11, 111. 15 a.m.) ISIEW YORK, July 10. It in reported that submarines are again operating off the American coast. BRITISH SUBMARINE'S ADVEN. » TURE. ATTACK-ED BY FIVE! SEAPLANES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter.) LONDON, July 9. The Admiralty reports that a British submarine patrolling on the East Cbast was a.ttacked on the afternoon of the 6th inst. by five enemy aeroplanes with ! bombs and machine gun fire. The submarine suffered' only slight damage, and I . was towed to harbour by another sub- j marine. One officer and five men were J killed. I THE TREASON CASE. NO' EVIDENCE FOR. THE DEFENCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Ass<x>iation.) LONDON", July 9. Dowling, who is being tried on a charge of high treason, did liot go into the witness box, and he called no witnesses. "He refused to make a statement, even without taking the oath. JUDGMENT RESERVED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 9. The court-martial reserved judgment. DEPORTATION AND FORCED' LABOUR, (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHING-TON, July 9. The Belgian 'Minister has issued a statement to the effect that the depor- ' tations and forced labour of Belgians by , Germans continue in the military zones. Belgians are compelled to work " behind the German front under Allied' fire. STRIKE IN AEROPLANE FAC= TORIES. I MUNITIONS MjESTCSTRY CRITI--1 OTSEDi (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, Jtfly 9. *•! The newspapers are indignant at the .Ministry of Munitions failing to prevent the strike of over 10,000 wood workers in the London aircraft fac- " I tories, as a protest "against the disi missal of a shop steward. WAR BONDS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON,. July. 9. * The sales of war bonds last week to- ! tailed 21 million sterling. - | BRITISH LUXURY TAX. > BELIEVED TO BE ABANDONED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) t LOiNEDOOSF, July 91 It is believed that tie postponement 5 of the discussion on the luxury tax until the autumn indicates its final obant donment.