RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
SOVIET ARMY NEARING JAPANESE.
EXPLOITS OF THE RED CAVALRY.
By Telegraph— Association-Copyright
Australian ami X.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 16. 9.30 a.in.)
LOXDOX, January 13. •\ Mo<cow wireless states that, the Soviet army mill soon arrive in the proximity of the Japanese, hut will not undertaken anv aggressive notion calculated to provoke collision with Japan. The Soviet victory over Koltchak was due to the support of the Siberian peasants. and the wholesale desertion of Koltchak s troops. The, wireless does not mention Knltchak’s capture. It says that Deniken s defeat was due to the Red cavalry, which was cheated in order to answer Mamontov's raid. The exploits of the cavalry under Budenny and. Dnmeneo will ever be famous in military annals.
BALTIC STATES ALLIANCE. (Received January 16, 10.5 a.m.)
MASHTXGTOX. January 14. The State Department is informed that the Baltic States will shortly hold a conference to discuss a defensive alliance against Germany and Russian Bolsheviks. It is understood that Estonia will request the other Slates to^ conclude peace with the Bolsheviks. The Lettish delegates are now in Moscow ready to conclude an armistice if the Bolsheviks will recognise Latvia.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19847, 16 January 1920, Page 5
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