THE RUSSIAN TANGLE

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14261, 12 January 1920, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN TANGLE

.._ * — THE SITUATION AT IRKUTSK. GROWING INCREASINGLY SERIOUS. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received January 11, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 8. The situation at Irkutsk is increasingly serious. Nine thousand anti-Kol. chak insurgents are being constantly reinforced, and armed with machine guns and aeroplanes. They are holding up the town. It is understood that General Scmendff, who is westward o,f Chita, has appealed for the despatch of a Japanese division. FURTHER BOLSHEVIK SUCCESS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 11, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 8. A wireless message from Moscow states that the Red Cavalry has captured Rerdiansk. The Rolsheviks claim that they have thus secured the mastery of the Sea of Azov. REPATRIATING CZEOHO-SLOVAKS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 11, 11.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, January 8. Ml- Lansing, Secretary of State, announced that two army transports will be despatched for Vladivostock from New York to repatriate the Czechoslovak, Polish, Jugoslav, and Roumanian troops now in Siberia. JAPANESE IN SIBERIA. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 11, 11.5 p.m. TOKIO, January 8. General Carimoteoi, commander of the Japanese forces in Siberia, in a speech, said that Japan only wished to guarantee peace. She does not desire territorial annexation acquisitions, or any other privileges.