RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13851, 31 August 1918, Page 5

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

FIGHTING IN SIBERIA

BOLSHEVIKS DRIVEN BACK

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August 30, 5.10 p.m.'

NEW YORK, August 29

The New York Times' Pekin correspondent states that General Semenoff has resumed the offensive and with Czech reinfoi cements drove the Bolsheviks from Natsipvski station, west of Menclmli. Many Bolsheviks were taken prisoners. the correspondent adds that many Japanese are fighting at Dauris, the Chinese not opposing the Japanese presence in Manchuria.

UKRAINE RISINGS CONTINUE

CZECH PROGRESS IN SIBERIA

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August 30, 8.10 p.m. LONDON, August 29

A review of the situation in Russia shows that the peasant rising in the Ukraine continues with serious conflicts with the German and Austrian troops. The Germans are finding increasing uif ficulty in exploiting the country.

The Czechs in Siberia continue to progress eastward and have captured Yerkhnewdinsk, 60 miles east of Lake Baikal. General Semenoff has advanced into Siberia and the Japanese have appeared on this front. IN THE CAUCASUS. OPERATIONS AT BAKU. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August 30, 8.10 p.m. LONDON, August 29. The Turks have made no further at. tack at Baku, where the arrival of British troops has had a most encouraging effect on the population.