SOVIET EFFORTS FUTILE.
FURTHER TROOPS SENT. E*utcr. LONDON. May 11. Tho Soviet authorities, have been compelled to send reinforcements to Eastern 'Bokhara. The rebels set tire to tho Khokand oil wells, and are now threatening Tashkent, north of which an entire Bolshevik regiment deserted with a number of machine guns. The Bolsheviks suppressed a hostile outbreak at Askhabad after the principal city bazaar had been looted. Tho Bo'shcviks' attempt to enforce conscription proved a failure, although refusal to obey the call was punishable by death. _ The Bolsheviks, with the object of conciliating the Khivans, offered to recognise their Khan as president of the Khivan Republic, but tho Khan, who is at present in refuge in Kabul, is not likely to accept in view of tht experiences of the Bokharan Republic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18089, 13 May 1922, Page 9
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