Feb. 14.
Tue resume of military or Semi-military operations in Siberia, published yesterday, constitutes a highly instructive document. Starting at the beginning of November last the so-called White movement under the wgis of the Merkuloff Government at Vladivostok has spread over a considerable area, and the Reds have found them. feives so hard pressed in many instances that assistance of regujlar Soviet troops from Chita has had to be summoned. This in {effect means that Moscow has; taken a hand in the struggle. For the time being it is suggested that operations will have been brought to a close, the intense cold of these northern regions precluding the movement, of military forces on any but the smallest scale. This is a factor _favouring the Whites, who, accordingly, may be expected to hold their gains until the spring, is well advanced. i It also gives a strong indication of how the
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