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Askhabad. —The garrison probably stands at about 7,000 but according to
a report from Bajgiran additional troops have arrived in the last few days.
It has so far been impossible to verify this owing to the non-receipt of the
usual reports from Artik. It is also possible that troops have been sent to
Askhabad from Krasnovodsk.
Kizil Arvat. —20th December. Two hundred to 300 troops, Russians
and Tatars. Two field guns. Armoured railway wagons are under construc
tion in the shops.
Tew troops now reported at Q,ara Qalah.
Krasnovodsk. —20th December. Garrison considerably decreased and
consisted of a few hundred at most. The Tersian battalion is reported there as
numbering some 1,500 recruits from various Bolshevik units transferred for
service in the Resht area. They are unarmed and being drilled with a view to
being drafted to Enzeli when efficient. They are promised arms when they
reach the war zone.
Passenger steamers arrive from Baku every two to three days, and an oil
steamer daily.
16. Khiva ,—An arrival who left Petro-Alexandrovsk on the 21st Decem
ber estimates the strength of Bolshevik troops there and at Hanqeh and
Urganj as 6,000. He is unable to give the strength at Khiva.
Eight field guns were reported present, and two airplanes and three
armoured cars seen. Communication with Charjui is now r entirely by road
owing to the freezing of the Oxus, and several Bolshevik posts of about 100
men each are established at intervals along the road.
E. A. F. REDL, Lieut,-Colonel,
General Staff.
British Military Mission,
Meshed.
The Armenian paper “ Aiq ” reprints from “ The Nation ” , the following
article by one Alsporod, of Moscow.
RUSSIA MUST REMOVE ENGLAND FROM ASIA.
The Anatolian Turkish Government which is in opposition to the Allies
understands that Russia entertains no policy antagonistic to itself and there
fore ranges itself on the side of that power. The Government of Kemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
I am informed by Tchecherin, has suspended military operations against
Armenia in agreement w ith Soviet Bussia.
At the time that the Allies were occupied with discussions Turkey devoted
herself to the conquest of Armenia, but now Russia has given a wise decision
on the Armenian question.
Moreover, Russia offers the only just solution of the question of Constan
tinople, which is that the control of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus should
be invested in those governments which possess communication with the black
Sea; in other words, Russia, Bulgaria, Roumelia (Roumania ?), Armenia,
Georgia and Turkey.
I think that Russia cannot be at peace while her old and restless enemies
remain in being. She possesses the means and forces to show England that
she—Russia—knows hosv to punish those who disturb her peace. Russia asks
for nothing more than to be at peace.
Moreover, Russia wishes to afford every possible means to the govern
ments of the Near East to live free and autonomously. If these latter desire to
live in harmony with Russia they are perfectly at liberty to do so.
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