Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 2 | Consul Poole will Remain

COiltlOLE KI11JE11I; American Representative at J Moscow Assists British and French. j Irkutsk Taken by Czecho-! Slovaks; Japan Sends Troops to Siberia. WASH ! MJTuN, An';. I 7. AuiTi-:ni Consul Ci-niT.-il I'dmIc ;it Mn.f'iw, v. In) rc;. i:i ! ly InmiiM iiU cxln turna tliii ronsnluto ovrr to the Sw-.j-con.-ml, notifii.-il tin! "taL.i ili:.:irt-!,, ili:.:irt-!,, n t in a i-:iljlcfram ro.irivvil tu.l:iy, thiit h i n (.r-ri . i . 1 In ri:(ii;ii;l in Mdsduw tu iuui.st tlx; Iditish iiinl I'limrh con-miliir con-miliir o I I'i.-i-rs Ihrru wlm are in grunt ri Hoiial ilun .,i-r. Tho consul funeral rrK)itrd that, with tho ai.l i.l' iho SwMihh rqir.-s.'ii-tativo, ho ha. I siiiTooili'.l in .-.:iiru.j the rrlia.li) ol' srviTal lninilnul I'lil.'hl.o rill-7..U1M, rill-7..U1M, ehu-fly r.rilish ami Kr.sii.-h, who with arrrsl.,-. hv tins I'.oIsIioviki ami liii.il as limlii'.'f.s for suvi.'t iiiumlnTa un-.ri.'!'ni'il un-.ri.'!'ni'il in thn north. About ninety ol' Ihrsu civilians Ht.ill in cnslo.lv. Mr. Tool.' sn.l ho hail been ahh) to aim'liorato their situation. situa-tion. Mr. Poole ri)iorUJ also that tho Japa-n.:-ii consul ha.J left Moscow un.ler pie, lo of wife 'induct. The .!nHtncse representative will make a complete report re-port of I'limlitioiis in Mu.scow to the allie.l nations. Momliers of the internal lonal Keil Cross, inrliuliii),' several Americans, are doing excellent work in Moscow, the consul e,'u'"'ru-l reported, and are receiving re-ceiving ado.piatn protection at present. Thev are greatly assisted by members of I he V. M. C. A., who are also afforded af-forded protection. I'roin Finnish news bureau reports transmitted through tiwe.len, tho state department heard today that the soviet government is making liasly preparations prepara-tions to move ulale banks and other institutions in-stitutions from Moscow. For tins reason rea-son it was stated all private passengers and freight traffic from .Moscow has boon stopped.