Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24
Nets DISTRUST
I MOTIVES
lire Message to Rus.
Sians Not Based on Ac.
curate Information
DENY GERMAN MENACE
America and Japan Asked to
Exactly Formulate Their
Wishes
Amsterdam. Aug. "a.

Amsterdam, Aug. "a.
me Russian Bolshevik Government
has Issued a reply to the Japanese
American message to the Russian people
4 explaining the motives of the Entente
\ Allied Intervention in Siberia. The re-
!, ply declares that the statement of the
American and Japanese Governments
but n the grounds for intervention are
& really those stated in the message, the
4 Soviet Government suggests that the
governmcnts of the Allies exactly formu-
late their wishes in the matter
q Version Of Russian Reply
The version of the Russian reply, ap-
3 pearing in the Tageblatt. of Berlin. as
telegraphed from Stockholm under date
Of August 22, says:
"The American and Japanese Gov
ernnents have addressed a message to
the Russian people in connection with
the landing of their armed forces on
Russian territory. Both Governments
Y declare their armed intervention was die
tAted by the desire to come TO the aid
Of the Czecho- -Slovaks. who. 1t is al
Austrians.
s"The Russian Federal republic feels
= compelled to make this declaration:
"The statement made by the Ameri
can and Japanese Governme nts is not
based on accurate information. The
Cxecho -Slovak detachments are not men
aced by either Germans or Austrians
+ On the soil of the Soviet republic the
battle continues between the Red Soviet
army, created by peasants and workers.
on one hand, and Czecho-Slovak detach-
ments, In concert with land owners. the
bourxeoisie and counter r-revolutionaries,
on the other.
"In this battle the workmen and peas
ants are defending the revolution, which
IL endangered by a counter-revoiution
aided and abetted by the Czecho-Slo-
vakss
Want Wishes Formulated
'rrhe Soviet Government is convinced
that It's enemies are only attempting to
bind proletarian elements of the popu-
lation and that they seek to deceive them
BY fostering in them the belief that Ger
mans and Austrians are menacing the
Csscho-Slovaks.
,sShould however the grounds of this
attack on the Soviet republic be really
those stated in the Japo-American mes
sago5the Soviet Government suggests
that the governments exactly formulate
their wishes in the matter.
'TCHITCHERIN.
-~ Foreign Minister"
Adyices from Russia reporting engage
snents between Czecho-Slovak forces and
Bolahevik troops have frequently told
Of former German and Austrian prison.
- Aghting in the ranks of the Russian
Nnrta
afnR out of Siberia also have stated that
4 f15e Bolshevik troops were differed by
i. .6Sffnans and that all commands were
given in the German language.
Amsterdam. Aug. 24.-Gcneral D. C.
gtcherbatchoff. former Russian COM
mander on the Rumanian front. and
oeueral ". A. Tcheremisoff. former COM
r,ander on the Russian northern front. a
Moscow dispatch to the Rhenish West
phalian Zeitung of Essen says. have
accepted commands in the Czecho-Slovak
army.
The Bolsheviki has released $4,000 Of
Nces whom they had imprisoned at the
Aiiexeff barracks at Moscow following
fha threat of citizens to blow up the
Krernl,n unless the officers were freed,
nrcording to a dispatch received from
Kieff today. ~.
ylsdivostok. Aug. 24.-The deferred
narade Of the American troops took place
here under fine weather conditions. Tht
Xuericans created a favorable impres'
Si<,n on the other Allied troops. who
Warmly greeted them.
In the vicinity of the CZecho- S.3Nak
haoduuarters. where friendly Russians
kad congregated, there were repeated
6ntbursts OF cheering and the women
fhrew flowers and waved American flags
& Xdl the Allies were represented in the
Z reviewing stand by military officers and
Navai guards. ,,.,
~ n heavy fighting along the Ussur!
River (north of VladivostolS). the AL
Hes withdrew slightly before superior
numbers until Japanese troops stemmed
the attack Cossacks and Czechs bore
tbe brunt of the fighting. British and
Yrench troops suffered light casualties
Boluhsvik monitors on Lake H2nka
fnorth OF yladivostok), shelled tir~ Al
lied left flank.
Japanese troops are reported to be
advancing beyond Nikolaievsk, north OF
yladivostok.
A Chinese contingent on the way to
toin the Allied forces at Validvostok has
reached Mukden, Manchuria. according
- announcement made here