Arizona republican., 1918-07-10
CzECH0-S[0VAK
 LEADER LIN WAT
 TOWASH|NGION
Colonel Vladimir Hurban
 Will Tell President of Revolutionary Move Now
 Under Way In Siberia
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IOhlO, l luIS Sudy, Uuiy 1.-NDy lc Associated Press)-Col. Vladimir Hur- ban, a member of the National Czecho- Slovak council, has arrived in Tokio from Vladivostok. He will leave short ly for the United States to discuss the Siberian situation with the Washing ton government.
 Col Hurban told the correspondent that the action taken by the Czecho- SlovakS in assuming control at Vladi- Vostok was the inevitable result of un- justified attacks by the bolsheviki and the deliberate attempts of the latter to aid Austro German prisoner forces in preventing the Czecho- -Slovaks from moving toward Vladivostok.
 Czecho SIovaks Number 10000 The number of Czecho- Slovaks was estimated by Col. Hurban as S0,000, of whom 15,000 were in Vladivostok. The colonel considers that it would be nec- essary to occupy the trans-Siberian railway line from the Volga to Vladi- vostok together with the town of IT, kutsk, for an indefinite period until al- lied assistance can be sent or respon- sible government organized. | The American and Japanese Red Cross organizations here have received an urgent call for help from the Czecho- -Slovaks in Siberia. Dr. Ru- dolph Tensler, and Mrs. Tensler have left hurriedly for Vladivostok to inves- tigate conditions in response to the call.
 | Hope to Counteract Hun WASHINGTON. July 9.-Entente governments, through their embassies in Washington are fully advised of the views of the Washington administra- ton as to the best means of carrying out President Wilson's pledge tt stand behind Russia" It is under. stood that a project is taking shape which it is hoped will counteract Ger man influence and lead the people tt lrehabilitate themselves without excit ing distrust of the unselfish motive. which lie behind it.
 Business Men, Not Army
 There is reason to believe the pro lposal to send American business meI to Russia forms the basis of the nego ltiations betweN- Washington and tn, entente capitals. Only it has assumed a new phase through the injection o the idea to make the commission ant armed guards international in compo sition, thus tending to disarm any sus , picion on the part of the Russians tha ttnelr country IS to De eXpl0lled Tn lh
 interests of a single power.
 Short of Original Desire
 This measure is far short of tn original desires of the entente govern ments which favored the dispatch of military expedition to Siberia.
 A cablegram from Ambassador Fran cis at Vologda, dated July '. whic was received today relieved the appre tensions of the state department off cials for his safety.
 Only Reliable Basis
 LONDON, July 9.-Prominent Rus sian residents in London consider tn , Czecho- Slovak movement in Siberi } as the only reliable basis for struggl } against bolshevikism.
 } The recent Moscow rising is consid , cred here to have been a quarrel be , tween the bolsheviki and their lat } friends. the social revolutionaries ( the left.
 The Kerensky group did not partici
 pate in the counter revolution and ha
 nothing to do with the murder ( Count von Mirbach