HISTORY OF CZECHOSLOVAKS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11610, 9 August 1918, Page 5

HISTORY OF CZECHOSLOVAKS.

THE DESERTION OF AN ARMY REFUSAL TO LAY DOWN ARMS Recevedu August", 8.55 a.m. London, August 8. A Czecho-Slovak officer, who has arrived iu'Londou rfom the Murman coast, in an interview, said “Austria mobilised’us’ at the outbreak of the war, and detailed us.’to tight on the Carpathian front. Three hundred of our men and six officers, in January, 1915, walked over to .the Russian lines and became prisoners before they had seen any fighting. Several hundred- thousand la'er followed their example. All are firm friends oUthe Entente, and the vast majority “are still in arms in Russia and Siberia. We fought with Russia until the Bolsheviks made peace with Germany. We felt after the treaty had been signed that there was no longer a chance of Czecho-SloA'aks obtaining national independence and refused to lay down our arms when the Bolsheviks ordered us.”

STRIKE ON UKRAINE RAILWAYS. Moscow, August 8. Despite German assertions to the contrary it is officially stated Unit the Ukraine railway strike remains serious, and there is considerable sabotage. , EX-OZAR’S RELATIONS. DUKE IN A Garret. Times London, August S. King Alfonso, of Spain, is trying to save the* ex-Czar’s relations, especially his daughters. Leading Spaniards have appealed to Britain and Germany to secure the : family’s passage to Spain. It is learned that Duke, George is living in a garret in Petrograd ill, and unattended medically and penniless.