The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-12-27
|K0LCHAK HARD
PRESSED BY REDS
Leader of AII-Russian Forces
Faces Very Critical
Situation.

London, Dec. 27--Admiral KolchaS,
leader of the all Russian government
in Siberia, apparently faces critical
situation, according to Moscow ad-
vices. Bolshevik forces, advancing
eastward along the Trans Siberian
railroad from Omsk, former capital
of the all Russian regime. are Said to
have captured Tomsk and Taiga and
to have occupied n number of smaller
towns in that region.
Galician forces which some time
ago left the army commanded by ST.
mon Petlura, the Ukrainian peasant
leader, and Joined Gen. Denikine in
southern Russia, have revolted
aSainst Denikine and have attacked
the latter's army in the rear, accord
Ing to Moscow reports. The Cali
clans are said to have been ordered
to defend Kiev against soviet troops
which have been moving nearer that
city from the north and northeast.
v. S.-Japanese Agreement.
~. Viadiv0stek dispatches state the
United States and Japan have reache ed
basis OF agreement for joint action
against the bolsheviki in Siberia, but
details are as yet unknown.
Soviet authorities in Turkestan are
encountering trouble, according to
1rkutsk dispatches. it being stated
that the cities of Khokan and Skob-
elev have been taken from the boil
sheviki. The antibolshevik troops
are said to be advancing toward
Teshkent.
Unrest at Suchan.
Vladivostok, Dec. PA. P)-Be.
cause OF growing unrest in the Su.
chan mining district, the japanese
garrison there has been reinforced BY
Twenty second regiment troops from
Vladivostok. Russian troops at Su.
cnan nave been ordered to Vladivos'
tok.
1t was announced these troops wer,
renewed from duty because they wer,
not provided with proper clothing t.
Withstand the severe weather there
SOCIALISTS ORGANIZE.
Paris, Dec. 27.-RevoIutionary so.
ciaIists have formed a committe,
government in irkutsk, Siberia
where the all Russian government Of
Admiral koIchak established its
headquarters after being driven from
0msk, according to news received ir
french official circles today. The
revolutionists took possession of tn,
irkutsk station on the Trans Sber
ian railway, the reports state.
Premier Pepeliaeff, Of the Kolchal
government, is absent from Irkutsk
being on his way west to meet Ad.
miral kolchak for a conference re
garding the formation of O. new min.
istry. M. Tretickoff, the minister o
foreign affairs, also left Irkutsk re-
Gently to meet Gen. Semenoff, tn,
Cossack leader, in the BaikaI region
Taking advantage of the absenc.
OF the principal members of the gov
ernment, the socialists, according t,
the advices, organized an insurrec
tion. 1t is considered doubtful her,
whether Admiral Kolchak will fint
anything of his government when h,
finally gets to Irkutsk. His presen
whereabouts is not definitely known
dispatches from Irkutsk early thi
month announced that Admiral Kol
chak and his staff had establishe,
their headquarters at Taiga. Thi
town. together with Tams, just to tn
north, have since been captured b,
the bolsheviki.) He is reported a
having encountered great difficultie
with detachments of Czecho- Sloval
troops which are en- route to Vladi
vostok by the Trans Siberian rail
way. These troops have been guard
ing sections OF the line and have no
succeeded in getting along well wit
Admiral Kolchak.
Bands of Bolshevki
Bands of bOlsheviki now are no
far from the Baikal district, which i
raising the question in diplomat
circles here how Japan will look upo
> the prospect OF the presence of Len
ines forces in immediate proximit
to the japanese sphere of Influence
It is supposed here that converse
tions are already in progress be
, tween Toxic and Washington regard
ing the Siberian question as affecte
by the advance of the bolsheviki an
the weakening of the Kolchak gov