Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
JERUSALEM BACK
IN CHRISTIAN HANDS
London, Dec. O.-Jerusalem has been captur-
ed from the Turks by the British army operating
in Palestine

Announcement to this
effect was made in par
Lament this afternoon.
The fall OF tho Holy City has bean
expected ever since the British took
Jappa. its port. Jerusalem Is again
in possession Of the Christians for tho
first time since 1916, when Il came
under the Rurklsh yoke.
Japs Land in vladivostoek.
Toxic. Japan. Dec 10-Japanese
troops have landed at Vladivostock,
Russia's great port city OH the Pa.
citic.
Chinese troops have entered liar.
bin, Manchura, to protect their inter-
ests there Information to this effect
was received here today.
There are vast supplies Of war
stores lying in the warehouses ut Via.
livestock, which were sold to- the
Russian government by Japan and the
United States. 1t is supposed that
agreements existed by which these
stores were to be used against the
German powers and the landing Of
Japanese troops was probably accom-
plished to prevent them from being
taken over to the Bolsheviki.
Peasants Renounce Armistiec.
Stockholm. Sweden, Dec lo.--Nicl.
olas Leninc, the Bolshcyiki, premier
at Petrograd, intends to put the
question of an armistice up TO tho
constituents assembly when 1t con.
vcnes. according to dispatch print.
cd here today.
There were several reports concern.
ing Russian affairs reaching here to.
! day. They were.
That the Bolsheviki are now willing
to agree. to the formation OF coali.
Etion government.
That Russian soldiers returning
from the front are numbering jews.
Tha, the peasants council has issu.
ed manifesto repudiating ar arm.
istice with Germany.
Berlin Reports Success.
Berlin. Dec. l0,--Thc capture OF 200
Italian prisoners and the Italian posi.
( tion at Silowas reported by the Ger.
man war Office today.
On the western front the German
war Office reported thai some Bri-.
tish troops were driven from their
trenches on the Cambrai salient.
News from Russia Of a counter rev.
olution against the Bolsheviki govern.
meut at pctroErad took precedence
over all else today.
Generals kalcdines and korniloff
arc said to haro . bis army of Cos.
sacks IN Central and South Eastern
Russia and are threatening to Isolate
pctrosrad and Northern Russia shut.
| ting off the food and fuel supply.
! The greater part Of Russia Is evl.
IDENTIFY up In arms against the Boil
shcyiki leaders and there was strong
ground for hope today that the radi.
calls would be frustrated IN their ef.
forts to make a separate peace with
! Germany.
The province Of Amur in Siberia
and the City Of Nladivosock have de'
clared their independence OF the Bol.
shcyiki government.
The first step towards what they nl.
timely prove foreign intervention In
Russia has been taken jointly By ia.
pan and China both OF which coun'
tries are at war against Germany.
Chinese troops are at llarbin and
japanese forces have been landed at
Nladiyostocll TO protect the war sup.
plies there aud foreign interests as
we'll
Rcvoutlonaries Vetors,
l0ndon. Dee. H. -~ Revolutionary
disorders bordering on civil war wcro
reported from Russia aud Portugal 70.
day, while unrest rcigns IN Spain. Ac'
curdng TO adsiCcS llom Copenhagen
today. Geueral k0ruiloiI. former com.
mNuder OF the Russian army and ono
Of the chief leaders OF Cossacks. has
been liberated from prison in Mos
cow and. together with General kale.
dimes has declared war on the Bolshe.
wiki government in Potrograd.
The liolsheyiki leaders nt Petro'
grad are reported TO be marshalling
forces 10 meet The Cossacks and
bloody lighting is in prospect in tho
Don region,
The now turn that Russian affairs
have taken makes IL unlikely that the
constituent assembly will be able 10
meet in pclroernd tomorrow. altho
Nichoai Lenine the Bolsheviki pre-
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