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; which all Muhammadans should fight. In this way the ex-Amir is collecting a W
1 force and proceeding in the direction of Bokhara and Samarkand. Enver Pasta
: is said to be with the ex-Amir.
16. The Turkomans are being induced by their priests to join the ex-Amir’s
forces. One priest was arrested by the Governor of Kaakha on this charge.
17. Kagan, April 26th. —On the 20th April there were 15,000 well-equipped
troops collected from Samarkand and Charjui, 8,000 of whom were sent to Karshi.
The majority of them were Russians. Fifty carts were also sent.
18. One hundred Russian officials arrived from Samarkand and took over
the Government Departments from the Young Bokharans. The Bolsheviks dis-
a med a number of Young Bokharan troops and imprisoned many officers.
19. The Shahr-i-Sabz band of rebels is endeavouring to surround the Bolshevik
forces at Karshi. The Bolsheviks announced in Karshi that they had defeated the
rebels and driven them towards Samarkand. The fighting was heavy and 150
Bolshevik wounded were sent from Karshi to Kagan in carts.
20. The railway line from Karshi to Kagan is frequently damaged by the rebels,
but is at once repaired by the Bolsheviks. Lorries are used when the line is out
of order.
Samarkand.
21. Katta Kurghan, May 1st. —Reports have been circulated that Russia has
agreements with Germany and Italy, and that the Genoa Conference would not be
a success, which would mean the uniting of Russia, Germany and Italy against
France, who is the enemy of Russia.
22. Out of 6,000 refguees who were sent to Katta Kurghan two months ago,
2,500 have already died of starvation and disease.
23. Moscow wireless orders the recruitment of all men between the ages oi
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16 and 40. Those failing to report in 10 days would be punished.
24. Rebels are still attacking at night, the villages in the vicinity of Samar
kand, retreating to the hills in the day.
25. Cherniyevo, April 26th. —Officers from Taskhent are travelling by train,
and making speeches at stations about the Russo-German treaty which is puzzling
! the Powers. They stated at Cherniyevo “ that the spring cultivation was good,
but Russia was cultivating something much better than wheat and barley ”, They
did not explain the meaning of this innuendo.
26. A Bolshevik of high rank with 3 assistants passed by train from Tashkent
for Askhabad. Said to be from Moscow for Tehran.
Ferghana.
27. Khojent, April 24th.—-The rebels in the Andijan area have retired to
Jalalabad. A train of 12 wagons filled with Bolshevik wounded arrived at Khojent
from Andijan.
28. The Bolsheviks are collecting forces and hope to have sufficient strength
by the 1st June to defeat the rebels.
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Khiva.
29. Petro Alexandrovsk, April 29th. —The Yamuts have been engaging the
Bolsheviks since the. 5th April near Urgench. Yamuts said to number 15 , 000 ,
including many Russian deserters. Yamuts have guns and machine guns. Fight
ing continued until the 25th April, when the Yamuts fled to the desert. Many
were killed on both sides. Bolsheviks are unaffile to totally defeat the Yamuts,
who make surprise attacks on villages, and then decamp.
30. Camels and horses are commandeered by the Bolsheviks at their own
prices.
31. Eight thousand recruits from the Khivan Province were sent to Charjui
by river.