RUSSIAN SITUATION

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14264, 15 January 1920, Page 5

RUSSIAN SITUATION

ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY COLLAPSE. THE FATE OF IRKUTSK. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received Jan. 14, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. Admiral Kolchak telegraphed from Irkutsk that he is resigning, and asking for Allied protection. This was granted, the Czechs being ordered to rescue him. It appears that the whole of Kolchak's troops at Irkutsk joined the revolutionaries, making the Government's position Impcless. General Semenov's forces are demoralised. The revolutionaries now hold all the towns west of Lake Baikal. Received Januarv 14, 7.40 p.m. HELSINGFORS, Jan. 13. The Bolshevik delegation at Dorpat has received wireless advice that the Bolsheviks captured Irkutsk, and took Kolchak .prisoner with bis entire staff. LONDON, Jan. 13. A Moscow wireless proves the falsity of the assertion ihat the Bolsheviks have captured Irkutsk. The Bolsheviks are actually advancing beyond Krasnoyarsk. If Kolchak is a prisoner he is probably held by the Social Revolutionary Monsheviks, who are heading a local revolt. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received January 14, 9.35 p.m. PEKIN, Jan. 8. The Social Revolutionaries bold Irkutsk. They took possession'after General Seminov's troops were driven out of the station, leaving 170 dead. Fighting is reported at Vorkheudinsk. The Allied commissions have reached Missovaia, on Lake Baikal. Other foreigners arc attempting to leave Irkutsk, but are prevented by lack of locomotives. They are now protected by Japanese troops. AMERICANS IN SIBERIA. TO BE WITHDRAWN AT ONCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received Januarv 14, 5.10 p.m. WASHINGTON, January 13. The Secretary for War (Mr Baker) has announced that the withdrawal of the American troops from Siberia will begin immediately.