Evening star., 1918-07-21
LACKING
AMONG s|BER|ANS
Situation Transitional From
BoIsheyism to Conditions
Which Are Complicated.
HoRvATH FAILS IN FORCE
BY WILLIAM r.. GILES.

BY WILLIAM h GlLESs
Cablegrum TO The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
+! PEKING. China. July 2o.-on the
whole the present Siberian situation
can be characterized as transitional
from bolshevism to conditions not
| permitting deflnits, diagnosis on
account OF the lack Of cohesion
among the various political and mill
! tary parties. These, while working
toward the same objective. differ on
minor details. This Is typical Of the
Russians. who since the beginning of
the war have been divided by private
party Jealousies and ambitions.
j Spread influence Inland.
The military situation can be sum-
med up as follows: Sixty thousand
Czecho-Slovaks control the railway
between Sanura and 1rkutsk. Their
forces occupy Cheltabinsk. Omsk.
NovonikolaievskS Tomsk and Kras-
noyarsk. From these places they are
spreading their influence inland in all
directions. The Czecho-Slovaks on
the other side Of Irkutsk. having
overthrown the bolsheviki. are pre-
sumed to be marching eastward, while
tA0 'S1CCuO-tolOfdhS OH LILLE 8lO6 OIL
Irkutsk are attempting to unite
with the vladivostok Czecho-Slovaks
to take the towns commanding the
approaches to Khabarovsk. Twelve
thousand Czecho-Slovaks who left
Vladtvostok to take Khabarovsk have
met with the strongest opposition
from the bolsheviki, who have de-
stroyed bridges and other communica-
tions.
The bolshevik forces between Nj
kolsk and Khabarovk number 10000
men. consisting mostly OF Germans
sheviki are said to have concentrate ed
in the Lake Baikal districts and 1t is
also stated that $4,000 Austro-German
war prisoners have voluntarily Joined
bolsheyiki have forced the prisoners
to Join their ranks. 1t Is estimated
that there are 100000 of these pris-
oners In various, parts of Siberia
Will Cooperate With Allies.
Politically the situation is most Diff
f1cult to describe. The provisional
Siberian government located in Vladi-
vostok forms an integral part OF the
provisional Siberian government es-
tablished eight months ago at Tomsk.
1t will reorganize sthe army and CO.
operate with the allies according to
their desires and directions.
tion Of a cabinet has complicated the
situation. The Siberian government
has denounced his movement as i'm
practicable. .-
While the -Slovaks are anx-
ious to restore order and good gov
ernment in Siberia. they are more
anxious to join the allies on the west
ern front, and are urging that ships
be sent to Vladivostok to transport
them to Europe. In the event that
the allies send a strong force to ST.
IBERIA, the Czecho-Slovaks probably
will give UP this idea and fight be-
side them. 1t is uncertain whether
the allies intend to advance from
Vladivostok- Their action will be
governed by the success obtained by
the Czecho-Slovaks.
At a meeting Of the cabinet yester-
day the Siberian situation was dis
cussed and it was decided to send a
force to Vladivostok to cooperate
with the allies. The final arrange
ments will be made at a cabinet meet
ing when the strength of the force
and other details will be settled. There
is a strong feeling here that China
should send a force similar to that to
Be furnished by Japan, but the ma
jority are of the opinion that outside
Of sending troops to V1adivostok
China should be contented with pro-
tecting her frontiers.