The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-04-07
THE ARCHANCEL SITUATION NOT
 VERY MENACINC

"AoIll!Nu ON, ApTu 3.--tH}--- General March, chief of the general staff of the American army, today is. sued formal statement denying that the American and allied armies now in Siberia are In any danger of being overwhelmed by the Bolshe. wiki forces. He stated that the "Archangel situation from a military viewpoint is well in hand"
 Referring to recent reports being circulated turnout the country that the allied armies in that region werc opposed by Bolsheviki armies many times their size and In danger of being driven back to the coast and captured or annihilated. General March declared that "it is incredible that the allied force there can be driven into the sea by anybody" He also announced that the war de partment plans to have all American forces out of that part of Russia by the end of June.
 SITUATION QUIET.
 ARCHANGEL. April 5.--R--The situation in all sectors on this front is comparatively quiet. Bolsheviki prisoners recently captured declare that the enemy is suffering from heavy losses inflicted by the allies during the last fighting. On this account the morale of the Bolsheviki forces, they declare. is exceedingly low. Many of the peasants have turned against the Bolsheviki. refus. ing to give tl.en aid og AAy kind.
 BRITISH TREASURED
 LONDON. April 5.-P)-Secretary of War Churchill today sent a mes. sage to the British soldiers now in northern Russia assuring them that they will be given all the support needed at any time. They were also informed that plans for their with. drawal have been completed and they will be released at the earliest pos. sible moment compatible with the major program of the allied govern. ments.
 eoLSHEviki SUFFER
 A CRUSHING DEFEAT
 EXCHANGED, April 5.-(P}-A combined force of British and Rus. sian soldiers yesterday delivered a crushing defeat to a large Bolshe- wiki army which attacked near Bol. shie Ozerki. The defeat of the enc my was complete, the attacking forces retired In confusion leaving piles of their dead on the ground before the allied positions. Later an allied patrol also surprised and overwhelmed an enemy patrol, cap turing seven and killing twenty mem. bers of the outpost Late last night the allied forces repulsed a large enemy concentration about IS miles east of here.
 MAYNARD ADVANCES
 LONDON. April 5-P--An official statement received by the British war office tonight says that General Maynard Is moving endorsements rapidly south of Murmansk. The ne. cessity for this developed when a mutinous tendency was noticed am >ng the Finnish elements of his forces. These elements, 1t is be- lie,ed, desire to effect a junction with the Bolsheviki. General May nard hopes to check the mutiny be- fore it becomes serious. The state ment says that there is very little military activity on the entire Mur- ma lsk front.
 EsTHoNiANs VICTORIOUS
 COPENHAGEN. April 5.--R-Of- cia! reports from the Esthonjan com malder reports that the enemy is in full retreat on the Pskov front. The Esthonian army has captured one important town and a number of les ser villages. A considerable num- Der of guns with some supplies were oIon Copturod