Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-16
AMERICANS LAND
AT VLAD|V0ST0K
Events in Russia Assume Pro-
portions of Rout of
Bolsheviki.
ALLIED ARMS MAKE ADVANCE
Retreating Soviets Committing
Every known Atrocity Upon
Civilian Population.
ALLIED ARMS MAKE ADVANCE

rBy Associated Press1
w A S II n G T ON. August 15-The
march OF events in Russia. from news
received to-day. seems to be rapidly
assuming the proportions of a rout OF
the Bolsheviki and of "A nature to bring
dismay to Germany
With the allied troops rapidly NOV
ing south from ArchangeL, forces Of
British, French. Japanese and Ameri
can troops at Nladivostok and operat-
ing TO the westward. and n british
| force at Baku, the Czecho- Slovaks have
taken new heart in their heroic fight
ing against the Germans and Aus
trians.
Late dispatches to-day recorded the
advance of the allied troops from
Archansel to Pabcreshskia. 100 miles
south on the road to vologda The
Bolsheviki are retreating. and were re-
ported committing every known atroc-
ity upon the civilian population. which
openly has espoused the cause of the
| allies. The Bolsheviki throughout Rus
sia arc reported not only fleeing from
the advancing allies but the newly
aroused Russians who have learned
that the allies are not beaten on the
west front. as the Germans and Boil
sheviki have been porsistently preach
ing. AS the real news reaches the
great mass of the people. the men arc
reported taking up the arms that they
carried home with them when they
were disbanded after the debacle OF
Brest Litovsk.
One official of the State Department
declared to-day that. far from being
tired of fighting and wanting only to
get back to their homes, as the Ger
man Dropasandists have reported, the
Russians are more anxious than ever
TO fight for their freedom which they
thought they had lost soon after
having gained it by revolution. One
proof of this is found in the march
ing of armed bands of peasants upon
Pctrograd demanding food and charG
ing that the Red Guard have robbed
: rffcir farms and stores Of all provisions.
! The Soviet OF Petrogra. fully apprc
ciatinG the menace of the aroused peas
ants, have fed to kroustadt where.
with Lenine and Trotzky. many OBJ
servers believe The Soviet government
is making its last stand.
PEASANTS ARE FLOORING
TO ASTI-GERMAN FORCES
Reports. official and otherwise, from
all parts of Russia. indicate the news
of the approach of the allies is spread
ing throughout the country. and that
peasants are hocking to the standards
OF any group that is openly anti-Ger-
man and anti Bolshcviki.
The landing of American troops at
Nladivostok, announced to-day by Sec
retary Baker. marks the beginning OF
operations from the Siberian coast TO
the relief of the C2ccho -SloHakS.
British and French continscnts have
been at VIadivostok for several days.
and there is reason to believe that the
Japanese have also landed.
The principal opposition by the Boil
shevikki and the armed German and
Austrian prisoners is on the Siberian
Railroad between Lake Baikal and
Vladivostok. All the rest of the line
to Moscow is in control of the Czecho-
Slovak troops and the loyal Russians
and Siberians. The control OF the
road from Fladivostok TO Nikolsk, the
junction Of the Manchurian eastern
line and the Siberian road. is in the
hands of the allies. This permits of
striking a blow directly at Lake Bal
kal. where the opposition is concen-
trated. because the Manchurian road
has been constantly under guard by the
Japanese by arrangement with the Chi
nese government There is little doubt
that this will be the first movement OF
consequence from Vladivostok.
| The reported arrival of British
troops at Baku is another feature OF
supreme importance to the allies. Not
only does it mean that the German
control OF the Baku oil lands and re-
! fineries is seriously threatened. but it
opens another possible road into Rus
sia from the south for allied troops to
enter.