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Show SOVIETS FACING PWH OF ENEMIES! Bolsheviki Strengthen at Kiev, But Japanese Stop East-em East-em Advance WARSAW. Slay 7. ( By the Associated As-sociated Press.) Bolshevik troops' fighting In tho dofenso of the city of Kiev have strengthened tholr resls- j tence considerably during the last 24 hours. Tho battle for the possession of tho city still is raging, according to latest dispatches. Tho fighting Is said to bo particularly particular-ly severe northwest of the city. It is assumed the soviet army is bringing up artillery from east of the Dnloper river. Hallway .and highway bridges In front of Kiev were destroyed destroy-ed by th erotreating Bolsheviki, but they arc being rapidly repaired by Poles TOKIO, May 6. By the Associated Press.) Japanese troops stopped an advance by tho Bolsheviki near Chita, trans-Ballkalia, late in April and ultimately ulti-mately compelled tho Bolsheviki to fall back over tho neighboring mountain range, says a war office communique issued today. A Vladivostok dispatch on April 29 reported severe fighting in tho Chita region between the Bolsheviki and tho remnant of Kolchak army in trans-Bakailla under General Votzok-offsky, Votzok-offsky, with the Japanese supporting General Voltzekoffsky. |