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Show Czechoslovaks Report Mobilization of Austro-German Austro-German Prisoners. SPEEDY AID NEEDED; i Russ Position Liable to Become Precarious Near Irkutsk. VLADIVOSTOK, Tuesday, Aug. 13 (By tho Associated Press) The sit; "uati&ri in "western Siberia leaves no room for optimism in the opinion of the vice president of tho Russian section sec-tion of tho Czecho-Slovak national council. In a statement recently, he said that mobilization of Austro-Ger-man prisoners of war had added 160,-000 160,-000 men to the enemy forces. He said it would be impossible to reach Irkutsk even under the most favorable circumstances, cir-cumstances, in less than a month. The position of tho Czecho-SIovaks may become precarious if assistance Is not speedily forthcoming. Tnclr numbers num-bers are diminishing owing to sickness and impossibility of renewing supplies. |