The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-10
new SIBERIAN
STATE TO ACT
FOR FREEING
OF RUSSIANS
Will Be First Democratic
State in Russia and May
Form Country's Future
To Help Allies.
OPPOSE THE BOLSHEv|kI
(3y Associated Prsss.)

sional government for Siberia, which
has the unanimous support Of the pop
ulation and which will continue to
fight the central powers. has been es-
tablished at Vladvostok. According to
a Times dispatch from Toxic, quoting
the Vladvostok correspondent OF the
Asahi the new government Intends to
summon a constituent assembly and
to restore law and order throughout
the country.
The program Of the new government
includes the liberation of Siberia from
the Bolsheviki: the voidance, II pos
sible Of foreign Intervention; univer-
sal suffrage; establishment of provin-
cial councils and a labor bureau; dis
tribution Of the land among the land
less and control Of economic activi-
ties.
Siberia will thus, adds the cores
pondent of the Times, become the first
democratic state in the history Of Rus
sia and 1t is hoped, be the forerunner
Of a great Russia.
The flag adopted by the new govern
ment consists OF two stripes Of white
and green.
REVOLUTION SPREADS. REPORT.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 10.-The situation in
Siberia is undergoing important
change, and the counter revolution,
assisted by the CzechoSlovaks is
spreading all over western Siberia,
says a dispatch to the Times from Pc
kin, dated July 4. The Bolsheviki are
driven westward from Irkutsk and
many are endeavoring to escape into
Mongolia.
Referring to the Czecho-Slovak
movement as basis for the struggle
against .Bolshevism in Siberia, the
correspondent predicts that 1t will
lead to the elimination Of the Bolshe-
wiki In . short time.
The question Of Intervention. how
ever. Is still pressing, he adds, be-
cause Russia is torn with political diff
ference and personal jealousies and
there is urgent need OF representa-
tive government
Political circles in Harbin are dis
cussing the danger OF 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 immediate
summoning OF the constituent assem-
bly, which would appoint provisional
government, the real need of the sit
uation.
Czech Army to Stay Out.
Czecho-Slo troops now operating
in Russia desire to fight on the west
ern 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 min
lister and the allied ambassadors in
Toxic by Colonel Vladimir Hurban on
behalf Of the Czecho-Slovak national
council, says the correspondent OF the
Times at the Japanese capital.
The memorandum says among 9TH
er things that the conflict between
the Czecho- Slovaks and the Russian
Soviets must be settled for the fol-
lowing 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. Masaryk in
agreement with the other members OF
the council. The orders are to trans
port the forces from Russia to the
French front.
Army Of Volunteers.
"The Czech army consists OF volun-
teers. whose object Is to fight Ger
many and Austria, to liberate the
Czecho- Slovak nation and to establish
an independent state. We shall pur-
sue this course to the last man. We
desire above all to exhibit our deter
mination on the battlefields of France.
"The Czecho-S Slovaks are subjugat-
ed nation making the first steps to-
ward liberation by paying blood trib-
ute and have no moral right to pursue
a policy Of protection with regard to
such a state as Russia. No party in
Russia and no class is capable of es-
tablishing anything that will endure.
Order must be re-established by force.
firm and energetic. but friendly and
humane force which will open to the
Russians the possibility Of again find
ing themselves.
For obvious reasons. the Czecho-
Slovaks cannot attempt to accomplish
this. Their clear duty is to pursue a
strategical movement toward France
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