Evening star., 1918-08-19
YANK CHEERS STIR
WAD|VOSTOK FOLK
First Transport Carrying
American Troops From
Manila Arrives.
N the Associated Prss.

By the Associated Press.
vADIVOSTOK, Thursday, August
f5.-The transport carrying the nrst
contingent of American troops ar
rived here this afternoon. after an
uneventful voyage of seven and
half days from Manila The men were
in excellent spirits and crowded the
rails and rigging, cheering and being
cheered by the men of the allied war
ships in the harbor.
The crowds on the water front ap-
peared amazed at the noisy entry OF
the Americans as contrasted win
that of their less demonstratiVe allies.
Groups of Czechs about the docks
vere yociferous in their welcome OF
the Americans, who will be Kept
aboard ship until the arrival OF other
transports, due tomorrow.
The transport bearing this first con,
tineent of Americans lay fog bound
outside the harbor for five hours.
a Japanese contingent arrived To-
day at Nikolskoye on its way TO the
Usuri front.
Dispute Delays japanese.
PICKING. August 19-The movement
of Japanese troops from Chang Chun'
ON the Mukden-Harbin railroad. TO
the Manchuria- Siberian front has been
further DELAYED. This delay is due TO
the demand made by the Japanese that
they guard and virtually control the
operation of the Chinese Eastern raii-
way.
the entente allied representatives In
Peking, have declined to consent TO the
taking over of the railroad by Japan.
Hurry Aid, Says Diedrichs.
nADIvoSToK, Wednesday. August
14-Gen Diedrichs, commander OF the
Czecho-Slovak forces in siberia, mas
presented a memorandum TO the aiiiea
representatives here setting forth the
urgent need of speedy assistance on
a large scale. and that an advance on
Irkutsk should be ordered. He points
out that If the allied forces DO not
reach Irkutsk within six weeks the
delay will be tantamount TO the loss
of all western Siberia by the Czecho-
Gen. Diedrichs says that this would
leave Russia entirely at the mercy
of the Germans.
Advance on Harbin.
TOXIC. Wednesday August H.
Czecho-Slovak forces from the mari
Harbin on August s. over the Chinese
Eastern railway, it is officially an
nounced.
Along the Usuri front w.here the
enemy forces number 100000 strong,
quiet prevails, it is said. The bolshe-
Wiki and Austro-Germans are Wis
IDLY affected by the arrival of allied
troops and the number of desertions
from their ranks is increasing. it is
reported
Soviet to War on Allies, Is View.
AMSTERDAM, August 19-Tele-
graphing from Petrograd. the CORE
spondent of the Dusseldorf Nachrichten
quotes the Russian newspaper Pravda
as saying:
"The soviet government will declare
war on the entente allied countries.
Soviet officials have issued an appeal
stating that Russia's position is alarm
ing.
.'Russias intervention in the war is
necessary The removal of the govern
ment TO safe place, consequently. has
been decided upon, and Cronstadt the
fortress of Petrograd has been chosen
as the seat of authority. All prepara-
tions have been made to move the gov
ernment offices there"
Lithuanians Want to Name King.
LONDON, August 1S.-The Lithu-
anians demand the right to name
their own king and refuse to recog-
nize one of German appointment, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to
the Exchange Telegram Company.
The dispatch adds that Gen. Luden-
dorff. first quartermaster general of
the German army. is in receipt of q
solemn protest from the Lithuanian
diet against any attempt to name a
king unacceptable to the people of
Lithuania. who threaten to revolt in