El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-21
BULLETSANSWER
SURRENDERPLEA
Bloody Battle Terminates
Bolsheviki Rule at
Vladivostok.

Vladivostok, Russia, Aug. 21.-tB
The Associated Press -Three thou
sand Bolshevik Red Guards en-
trenched themselves here and defend
ed themselves with furious fighting
when the Czecho-slavoks took over
the command Of the city on June %.
The Red Guards were aided by so
8lagyars and German prisoners Of
war
Zechs Losses Are small.
The Czecho-Slovaks had surrounded
the fortress and placed machine guns
On the roof of the British consulate
and on the roof Of the railway sta
ton near by. They called upon The
BolsneVikt in the fortress TO surren-
der. but the Red Guards shot down
their messengers Immediately the
machine guns opened fire and for two
hours a stream Of bullets rained on
the fortress. So fast and furious was
the firing that the men in the fortress
were unable to return the fire from is
windows.
Suddenly there was a tremendous
explosion. A Czech had crawled near
the fortress under the fire barrage
and thrown a mine into the building
A white flag appeared at one of the
windows, a party Of CZechs rushed TO
the AA44A EALA aAAEE OF the fortress
burst open by hand grenade. The
Bolsheviki threw down their arms and
surrendered.
Czeehs Losses Are Small.
IN this conflict the Czecho- Slovaks
lost four men, with is wounded. while
of their opponents I49 had been killed
and wounded. Thus, in the course of
a few hours. the all-powerful soviet
had been Overthrown ana Its dele
gates arrested. its military staff
OverpOwered by force of arms. and
its army OF Red Guards had either
surrendered or thrown away their
arms and dispersed without fighting
When the local Bolsheviki had de-
cided to disarm them on June 80. the
CzechO-Slavoks forced all this action
by presenting an ultiamtum to the
soviet demanding the disarmament OF
the Red Guards on the ground that
il was necessary to safeguard the
transport Of CzechO-SOviet forces from
Russia.
ply with the ultimatum orders were
given TO arrest these delegates and I
all OF the prominent Bolsheviki. War I
flags were hoisted on foreign vessels !
in the harbor- Four soviet torpedo /
boats attempted to put to sea but were /
stopped and surrendered TO officers OF
the japanese cruiser "AsahI' and /
British cruiser suffolk"
Allied Forces Are Landed.
The British and Japanese cruisers !
landed additional forces and aided .
the CzechO-SlavOks in occupying all I
important points. including the pow-1
Ter magazine Strong forces Of Japa-
lese with machine guns. British ma
-ines and CZecho-Slavoks lined the
main streets. All traffic was stopped
The streets were thrOnged with peo-
pie and all business was suspended.
Materials were landed from a Chinese 4
,ruiser TO protect the Chinese con-
iulate and residents. Arrests OF The
3olsheviki were rapidly made and
ZACH was greeted with the cheers OF
he people.
Then came the fighting at the
'ortTess- Now the Czehho-Slavoks
re the military masters Of the town.
The British, American. French. Japa-
lese and Chinese consulates are
-uarded by their own national forces.
espectively. except that the French
Consulate is guarded by the Japa-
iese- A small party OF American
marines landed from the Brooklyn on
he evening Of June %.