A message from Kharbin, published on Tuesday, describes a raid
by Bolshevist and their German prisoner-battalions on the lines of communication behind the Czecho-Slovak advance, along the
Vladivostock Kharbin railway, to the relief of their forces west of Lake BaikaL About 4,000 of the enemy crossed Lake Khanka- one hundred miles north of Vladivostoek—in the endeavour to cut the railway. While this development has presumably been checked by the rapid advance of American and Japanese troops, it entailed the return of part of the Czecho-Slovak relief force, to protect its own rear ; and to that extent it was successful. The enemy's recent demonstration on the Ussuri front engaged Czech, British, French and Japanese troops, who had 300 casualties and withdrew six miles, to await reinforcements. Later news indicates that the situation is easier, from the Allies' point of view. There is much to be done in Siberia, and done quickly, if our cause is not to suffer. Yet there must be no side-shows to divert our energy from beating the Germans in France. The true solution, of course, is a consider- able movement by Japan as representing the Allies.
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