Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-02
'COSSACKS SCORING
FURTHER SUCCESS
Alexandroysk Is Occupied.
Radical Regiments
Disarmed.
BATTLE is ON AT KuRAK
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 2.-Cossack troops
have occupied the town Of Alexandrovsk
without opposition and the bolshevik
garrison was disarmed. according to re-
ports received here from Petrograd re-
garding the civil war in Russia. It is
not stated which AIexandroysk was cap
tured. (There are several towns and
villages in Russia named Alexandrovsk.
but the nearest to the Cossaek territory
are those in Ekaterinoslav and In
Stavropol)
Other bolshevik regiments are said to
nave been disarmed by the Orenburg
Cossack leader kazatin, who returned
the arms after the bolsheviki swore
never to Tight against the Ukrainians
and Cossacks. The Cossack commander
at Rostoy reports that the bolsheviki
war and armed them. Bolshevik troops
still occupy parts of the Don mining
district, but they are unable to send
coal to Petrograd.
There was more street fighting in
Odessa Monday, but it apparently was
not serious.
Rumanians Shoot Bolsheviki.
The bolshevik authorities. according
70 an exchange telegraph dispatch from
Petrograd, have received information
that the situation on the Rumanlau
front Is very serious. The relations
of the bolshevikf with Rumantan off,
GERS are said to be becoming alarming
| It 10 said the Rumanians have occupied
the Bessarabian town of Loevo and
have arrested and shot several bolshe-
vik leaders.
Leon Trotzky. the boishevik foreign
minister, sent note on the subject te
the Rumanian minister in Petrograd
who, In his reply, accused Russian
troops of plundehng Rumanian vii
lagos. 1t Is said that Trotzky regarded
the reply as unsatisfactory
A Petrograd dispatch to the Daily
Express says that railway trains are
again running between Riga and Pet
rograd.
The spirit of civil war is active in the
Cossack territory and the entire popu.
lation of the Don valley has bean mo-
bilized. according to a Petrograd dis.
patch to the Times All men of mill.
tary age are under arms and womer
and youths are being employed behind
the fighting line. Thousands of off
GERS Of the regular army have Joined
Gen. Kaledines, who is now said tt
have more than 10000 commissioned
officers.
Battle Is Resumed.
PETRoGRAD. December 31.-The
battle between the Kaledines, Cossacks
and bolshevik troops has been resumed
at Kurak. midway between Moscow
and Rostov-on,Don. It is reported that
there have been heavy casualties in the
three-day fighting.
The colanevfki are reported to have
| occupied Po1tava, the scene of the his.
torfc battle between Peter the Grea,
and Charles of Sweden. There is q
famine in the government of Moscow.
A new republic has been set up in the
Black sea territory, with Novorossysk
as the capital. A coalition cabinet. in
GLIDING constitutional democrats. has
been formed.
Delegates from Ukraine to the con-
stituent assembly will arrive in Petro-
grad tomorrow. No effort was made te
open the assembly today.
(Tchernomorsk or the Black sea terri
tory Is a district Of Transcausasia. con-
sisting Of a long narrow strip on the
coast Of the Black sea and on the west
slope Of the Caucasus.)
The newspapers declare that it is likely
,, the constituent assembly will open, and
quote Nfkolej Lenine, the bolshevih
premier, as their authority for the state
ment. 1t Is expected that the assembly
will hold only a brief session and then
take a recess until after the Russian
Christmas january y.
Reports concerning the number of men,
bers elected to the assembly vary from
40 to SIG. The officials at the Smolny
Institute, the headquarters of the boil
sheviki, are expected to demand that the
assembly shall not take upon itself the
question of deciding the authority of the
workmen's and soldiers deputies