Evening star., 1918-07-10
.CzECHO-SL0vAKS
WOULD WARM WEST
Troops Operating in Russia
Desire to Join Allies
Front.
ASK INDEPENDENT STATE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 1o.-Czecho-Slovak
troops now operating in Russia desire
to fight on the western front and do
not want to be mixed up in Russian
internal affairs. A memorandum to
this effect has been presented to the
Japanese foreign minister and the al
lied ambassadors in Toxic by Col
Vladimir Hurban on behalf Of the
Czecho-Slovak national council, says
the correspondent Of the Times at the
Japanese capital
The memorandum says that the con-
fict between the Czecho-Slovaks and
the Russian soviets must be settled
for the following reasons:
"Our forces are acting in Russia
according to the orders Of the Czecho-
Slovak council. which can only be
modified by Prof. T. g. Maxaryk In
agreement with the other members of
the council The orders are to trans
port the forces from Russia to the
French front.
"The Czecho army consists Of volun-
teers whose object Is to fight Ger
many and Austria, to lberate the
an Independent state. We shall pursue
this course to the last man. We de-
sire, above all. to exhibit our deter
mination on the battlehelds Of France.
A subjugated Nation.
'The Czecho-Slovaks are a subju-
gated nation making the first steps
toward liberation by paying blood
rsor IN
pursue q policy of protection with
regard to such a state as Russia No
party In Russia and no class is capable
of establishing anything that will en-
dure. Order must be re-established
by force, Arm and energetic, but
friendly and humane force, which will
open to the Russians the possibility
of again finding themselves.
For obvious reasons the Czecho-
Slovaks cannot attempt to accomplish
this. Their clear duty is to pursue
strategical movement toward France"
Counter Revolution Spreads.
The situation in Siberia is UNDER
counter revolution assisted by the
Czecho- -Slovaks is spreading all over
western Siberia, says q dispatch to
The bolsheviki are being driven west
ward from Irkutsk and many are en-
deavoring to escape into Mongolia.
Referring to the Czecho-Slovak
as basis for the struggle
against bolshevism IN Siberia. the cor
respondent predicts that it win lead
to the elimination Of the bolsheviki
in a short 2me.
The question Of Intervention. how
ever. is still pressing. he adds, be-
cause Russia Is torn with political
differences and personal jealousies
ponsible government.
Political circles in Hardin are dis
cussing the danger, of q new govern
ment in the eastern provinces which
may be formed of elements favoring
the old regime. Pro-ally forces at
Harbin have declared for an immedi-
ate summoning of the constituent as
sembly which would appoint a pro-
visional government, the real need of
the situation.
Would Reconstruct East Front.
with a million men. of whom aoo,-
900 only need be allied troops, it
would be possible to reconstruct the
eastern front on q line running
through the Ural mountains" is q
statement made by Lieut.. Gen. Hor-
vath. vice president and general man
according to dispatch to the Mall
from Hardin, under date Of June 20.
Gen. Horvath continued:
Japan must supply the bulk of the
allied troops for Intervention. The
other allies must supply money, loco
sumably being the part expected Of
the Amenicans.
"The people of Russia are longing
for order. Allied Intervention would
be welcomed everywhere. 1t is quite
possible that II a decision Is delayed
much longer. the Russians, tired of
bolshevik excuses. may in despair
appeal to the Germans to save them
from anarchy"
Gen. Horvath calculates a formidable
army could be placed in the UraIs In
four months and, as order is restored,
Siberian volunteers and other Rus
SLAMS would flock to Join the colors,
Hurban Coming Here.
TOXIC. Thursday. July 4-co1
v. Hadimar Hurban. a member Of the
national Czecho-Slovak council. who
has arrived in Toxic from Vladtyos-
tok. will leave shortly for, the United
StAtes 70 uiscuSS tne siberian 6ttua-
ton with the Washington govern
ment.
Alleged Threat From Moscow.
AMSTERDAM, July 10.-A declara-
tion that the soviet government Of
Russia would ally itself with Ger
many in case Of Anglo-Japanese in.
in Russia is contained in a
Moscow wireless message printed in
A.
ing to an undated message to the Ber-
lin Lokal Anzeiger. The Vienna news
paper quotes the concluding sentence
of the dispatch as follows: 'If the
Japanese and English should occupy
Russian territory, the soviet govern
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