Evening star., 1920-02-04
REBELS CONTROL
WAD|V0ST0K
"a
Americans Departure to
Continue-Some Still
on Guard.

Revolutionists are in control of
lVladivostok, according to Information
received by the War Department
Gen. Graves. commanding the Ameri-
can forces in Siberia. in a message
dated January 81, reported that the
| outbreak was purely local in char
| acter, and that the revolutionists
were in control of the city. Allied
troops were patrolling the streets to
protect citizens and prevent robbery.
| The platform announced by the
| irevolutionists, the general said, de-
| clares against civil war in Siberia
and for the end of foreign interfer-
| ence in Siberian affairs.
In announcing Gen. Graves mes
sage, Secretary Baker said the revo-
luton would not interfere with the
departure of the American troops,
which began last month. The Secre-
tary added that the American Army
stores in Eladivostok were not large.
but that there was a considerable
quantity of army material at Vladi-
vostok which had been sold to the
Russian Cooperative Society
State of Siege Proclaimed.
| LONDON. February A state of
siege has been proclaimed in Vladi-
vostok, according to the Daily Mails s.
correspondent, telegraphing Janu-'
airy 2S. .
Japanese were guarding the state
bank curing the appropriation of sew
eral millions of rubles January q.
the correspondent adds. The city is
! calm, although everybody knows that
the bolsheviki hold the country out
side 1t is reported that large Japa-
fnese reinforcements are coming.
The occupants of an American
train sent to Bikolsk (forty miles
north of vladivostok) confirm the
statement that the bolsheviki are in
full control there and are defending
the town. American troops remain
guarding the line for sixty miles out
and are not being molested.
THE diplomatic and consular repre-
sentat5ves here are consulting with
regard to measures for protection of
the lives and property of foreigners,
who constitute more than half OF the
population"
soviet government of Russia have
agreed in the peace treaty signed
bY the respective delegates to re-
spect the principles laid down by the
powers in regard to the Gulf OF Fin
land Only troops of Esthonia and
the soviet government. or their allies.
will be permitted on the territory OF
either country
Russia abandons all claims to former.
Russian government property in Es-
thonia, and returns to Esthonia all prop
erty removed to Russia during the war.
including the libraries and archives of
Dorpat University. A special commits
sion will define the commercial ano
diplomatic relations subsisting between
the two signatories
Independence Recognized.
The Russo-Esthonian peace treaty
provides for full recognition of Es-
thonia's independence. The soviet gov
ernment renounces all sovereignty ovef
Esthonia, and in the event that Es-
thonia's neutrality is recognized inter-
nationally the soviet government is
bound to participate in the maintenance
of that neutrality.
Both parties to the treaty renounce
claims to compensation for war expendi-
lures. The treaty provides that pris-
oners will be repatriated shortly by both
parties to the compact. Russia is to
pay Esthonia 100000 rubles in gold
There are to be no customs or transit
charges to be fixed on goods by either
country.
Under the treaty Esthonia is given
the privilege to construct a railway to
Moscow from the Esthonian frontier and
permission to purchase 100000 acres
Of woodland. The soviet government is
accorded the right of deriving electricity
from the rapids of the Narova river
The Narova river is the outflow Of =
Lake Chudskoye into the Gulf of Fin