LATE WAR NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1274, 13 March 1918, Page 9

LATE WAR NEWS.

JAPANESE INTERVENTION ASKED FOR BY ALLIES. AMERICA DOES NOT OBJECT. By Cable. — Press .4 ssoeialion. — Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Rcc. Mar. 13, 12,45) NEW YORK, Mar. 12. According to Tokio advices, the newspapers state that the British and French Ambassadors to-day requested Viscount Montono (Japanese Foreign Minister) for Japanese intervention in Siberia. The United States Ambassador announced that America raised no objection. THE WEMYSS TOUCH WARRANT OFFICERS BECOME LIEUTENANTS. "The Times” Service. (Rcc. March 13, 12.15) LONDON, March 12. In pursuance of (he new policy the Admiralty has selected 50 warrant officers for promotion to lieutenants. Further promotions are intended. A HUGE_CANAL FROM BALTIC TO BLACK SEA. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Roc. Mar. 13, 12.45) COPENHAGEN, Mar. 12. The proposed Russo-German commercial treaty plans the construction of a great canal connecting the Baltic with the Black Sea. German financiers are to contribute a million sterling to the cost. APPEAL FROM FRANCE. MORE FIGHTERS WANTED. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Rcc. Mar. 13,. 12.15) WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. An earnest appeal has been received from France for more fighters. AIR RAID _ON NAPLES. SIXTEEN DEATHS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Roc. March 13, 12.45) ROME, March 12. Sixteen were killed and forty injured in Naples by an air raid. SEMENOV_RETIRES. PROTECTED BY CHINESE. Reuter's Telegrams. (Rcc. March 13, 12.45) PEKING, March 12. Harbin reports state that General Semenov has taken up a position near a Manchurian station. The Chinese commander warned the Bolsheviks that an invasion of Chinese territory would he regarded as an act of war, declaring that Semenov’s force represented the Russian Provisional Government, which is recognised. BOLSHEVIKS DISARMED. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Rcc. March 13, 12.45) PEKING, March 12. The Cossacks arrested the Bolshevik leaders at Blagovyeshchensk and disarmed their forces.