Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-16
Nv ,,e Associated Press

,.,dou. Jan. 16.-Attentlon OF the
uu;sh reoplc is fixed on the Near
Dr. ,rboro recent Bolshcvik successes
,. ha' carried the red Russian armies
na ,.st nm TO the threshold OF India,
an as;o NJesopotamia and Asintic Tur-
hey. .,;.e. g ,o
r.,.;sb ormy and navy are today IN
p.,;s whittier they were hastily SUM-
,orod Yesterday and are comforting
'rHb Premier David Lloyd George on
.,itarv and naval matters in connec'
...n u is believed, conditions in south
western Asia
Anrrpbepsion was aroused by the is
.norco of semiofficial statement yes
...dor nointing out the situation that
W Wl""r; orr;ssn through the collapse of Gen
n.Sl ..Sl Denikine's army in southern Rus
GO &c and Rolshevik penetration of trans
sIa SSso;o "% Not only was it admitted the
anoca from a Russian Bolshevik in
,osion of the Near East was very real.
t,,t Il was pointed out that internal
O,ndtions in Persia, Turkey and Af-
,banistan were threatening.
Persia Appeals to Great Britain
Tho Persian Government has re-
ouosted Great Britain to state what as
s;stance can be given Persia in the
syont Of Bolsheviki invasion and what
defensive action by Persia would accord
with the British policy.
An unconfirmed report from Berlin
,srs that Enver Pasha, former Turkish
war minister, who was recently crowned
ling of Kurdstan, has been in Berlin
and thence proceeded to Asia Minor
l This raises the question of whether he
was irving to enlist the support of Ger
man extremist elements in carrying out
\ 70 .operation between the Turks and the
| Bolsheviki.
While there is a possibility the boil
| sheyki may launch an overwhelming
attack against Poland, the statement is
/ sed Yesterday showed the greatest pre-
4 occupation of oflicialdom was over the
I'd dpbacle of Denikine's armies and the
ward the Persian and Afghan frontiers
The situation which now confronts
Great Britain and, more or less, Japan
Z anu Oulllu. Is hoI VI Suuutl SIONtu.
/ however. For the last two months or
more the Bolsheviki have had an almost
I upbroken series of successes which have
swept them forward on all fronts where
/ their forces arc believed to be formid-
able.
Terrorism Is Threatened
Odessa is hemmed in by the Reds,
| who have moved ssOuthWard until they
I have drawn their lines across the base
u Of the Crimean peninsula from Nikopol
| to Melitipol.
Thinly veiled threats to resort to
methods of terrorism should the Boil
sheviki be opposed by the Entente are
contained in wireless message from
I Moscow. 1t is said capital punishment
will be inflicted upon enemies of the
soviet government only when sentences
are approved by the all Russian extra
ordinary commission, but return to
wholesale executions was limited should
the Entente nations take steps to com
bat bolshevsm.
Admiral Kolchak's army in Siberia
seems 10 have hcen completely defeated
4 u not dispersed. The Reds are today
+ far east of krasnoyarsk and are NOV
ing nearer 1rkutsk. While reports
I from Siberia have dealt almost en-
trely with operations along the ST.
berian railroad, occasional advices
have Indicated the Bolsheviki have
! moved far south of that line and have
established themselves near the Mongo-
i Ian fro1tier southwest of Irkutsk.
Hold 22OO. Mile Line
Further TO the southwest the soviet
forces have passed Akmolinsk and are
believed to have moved southwark and
eastward toward the frontier of Chinese
Iurkcstan. The capture of Bokhara,
ieSS than 200 miles from the Afghan
border was announced from Moscow a
week ago ard it was said Krasnodovsk,
on the eastern shore of the Caspian sea
was firmly in the hands of the Red
forces. Thus from the Yenisei river
to the Caspian, distance of more than
220O miles, the Bolsheviki seem to be
quite firmly established. From this line
would appear they might be able to
essay incursions toward China to the
southeast, or Afghanistan and India to
lne south. Persia lies south of the Cas-
pan sea and BoIshevik agents are said
to be active there.
Adviccs to the Lettish legation here
Mate that Boshevik offensive along
NE me keSchitza klcutzburg railway on
wednesday was repulsed The Let's
counter attacked, captured some pris-
onerS and six villages between Dvinsk
ana Antopol, and occupied the station
Of Pytalovo.
heSchitza, the advices say, is sur
touaaed on three sides. 1t is believed
nat II the Poles create demonstration
pO pOh tue south a hurried retreat of the
nUsneVlk forces on this front will be