New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
ADMIRAL. KOLCHAk
 REPORTED ESCAPED
 FROM BOLSHEVISTS
Said to Be Hiding in ManChuria, According to Japanese Dis
 patch, Not Confirmed
SUPPLY TROUBLES HALT REDS ADVANCE ON RAILWAY

Though Onward March of S3,i~,
 Forces Continues ill Many Dircc-
 tions-ThOugh Reports Show Tom
 porary Defeats in OthcrS-tsGncraI
 Yudenitch Said to Be Released.
 Honolulu, Jan. 30 (By the Associat- sed Press) .-Admiral <olchak is re- ported to have eS.aped from the BoI- sheviki and to be m hiding in Man \ churia, according to q Tollio dispatch to the Japanese newspaper NIppu Jiji here.
 The social revolution which occur red in 1rkutsk and which cuatcd k ol- chak transferred the governmental powers to the Bolsheviki, the cable - added.
 London, Jan. 29.-Diff3culties of {. Supply have probably stopped the ad- ~Nance of Bolshcvik troops along the Trans-Siberian railroad west of IrE- utsk, according to advices to the war office. All resistance to the Soviet Lrmy seems to have disappeared. Rolsheyik d1tachments are reported to have reached the Chinese frontier southeast of Blisk.
 An outline of tha difficulties en- rountered by Allied missions is given in reports received here. Armored trains under tho command of General Semenoff bonn barded Irkutsk on De- cen Der 30. at which time the city was partially in possession of insurgents Then Semenoff troops attacked and captured the railway station. but were later forced to retire. The Allied missions were in the station: but were unable to induce Semenod'S men to 1. postpone their attaGk, although they violated the agreement that the rail road should be considered neutral ter litory. Frequent breaklEoE in the ltno prevented departure of the missions E for some days. but they were assHred Of their safety by the ultimate arrival c6 q Japaac9c ,batt@.liop44Ssi hieia oecu- pied the station.
 EIrlcy for .Arn.isticc.
 Representative of Admiral Kol- chak's government asked on January , that the Allied officers mediate with the insurgents in an effort to secure an G,"mistice of 36 hours This was done by members Of the m ission who at tho same time announced that Allied troops would not intervene in the conflict between the factions which was regarded as one rCiating to internal Russian politics. In thc mean time, virtually all of Kolchak troops joined the insurgents and when tho Allied representa- tiVc8 Lit irilGtSh on January it WIS evident that the governments cause was lost.
 Koichak in Prison
 Latest reports ae=m to show that relations between ;ie neN govern mcnt and the CzecLo- Slcyaks have T ,rJs appears to ,. gaming ;sroilnd a@ q re- ault of the arrival of fcd ar-l1ts working in front of the BoaIe1 i army. Encounters between 54mcuofta troops and Czech attachments are re ported and it is stat ed Admiral NoI chalk and bis staff have been ill prison at Irkutsk.
 r Tn south Russia the Bolsheyii1i have resumed their adv alce again"t Gen oral Denilkine. Or tu" WeStGFD bali of the front the main effort Of the Soviet troops appeared to be directed south ward against CrimCa and southwest ward against the kherSuu-Ni -Niiloiaicff- Odessa area. In the former sector they have reached the northern end of the iSthmuS and captured Gen ;cheSk and Pereilop. but further progress across the narrow and easily defended neck of land has been stayed nc . mentarly. In the latter area the Reds have pushed forward down che railway towards Nikolaieff after oc- cupying Eliza bethgrad. but still are about 50 miles froGl Nikola;cf.
 Progress On Eastern Front.
 On the eastern half of the front the threatening Red advance along the western shores of the Caspian sea has been checked and thrown back. In the center, General Deni- kine's units have fallen back. but in the Don region the Anti Bolahevili are maintaining their positions. All ~rcports concur in saving the Russian retreat is being VYrr.cu uu' ii an orderly manner aud that the pursu- ing Soviet cavalry is galnlng ground only step by step aud is losing severe ly. The fighting spirit of Gen. Deni- kine's men has revived it is said.
 In western Russia the Lettish ad- vance along a 90 mile front has at tained d maximum penetration of about 65 miles, Difficulties between Poland and LithUania continue and threaten to become acute owing to acts of aggression by partisan de- tachments Allied representatives are trying to mediate there.
 London. Jan. 30.-GeH. Nicholas Yudenitch commander of the Rus last fall against Petrosrld. whose