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Show MARINES LANDED IN VLADIVOSTOK I Civilians Ordered to Leave; Japanese Try to Avert Fighting I VLADIVOSTOK, Oct 20. (By Tho Associated Press). American and British marines were landed here today to-day to guard the consulates of the two nations. SHTI'S TAKEN OVER, j VULIVi ST K. (ct 19. (By The (Associated Press . The legislative as-B as-B mbly of the Prlamur government refusing re-fusing to accept responsibility for the protection of foreigners. General Dlet-rlchs Dlet-rlchs has ordered all civilians to leae Vladivostok for China. Ships are being commander red for the conveyance of the evacuating in-1 habitant-; The Japanese commander' here has moved his headquarters .iboard a transport j i Note. Recent dispatches received via Toklo and Honolulu hue Indicated Indicat-ed that the capture of Vladivostok by tho soviet army of the Far Eastern! republic was imminent Thu red soldiers sol-diers were reported to have been unl-j unl-j formly successful In a series of n-j gagements against the whtt. guards along tho Trans-Siherlo n railway.) china SE2ND8 fx;rci:s. PEKING. Oct. 20 I By The Associated Asso-ciated Press), The Chinese government govern-ment Is sending warnhlps to Vladivostok Vladivo-stok to protect tho Chinese residents there Tho military governor of Hell-iung Hell-iung Klang hns been Instructed to send reinforcements to the border to prevent pre-vent the routed white guards from en-j terlng. TRYING TO AVERT CIiASH. TOKIO, Oct 20. (By The Asocia-ed Asocia-ed Press). Japanese troops remaining u. Vladivostok will withdraw In a body October 28, the war office announced tcday. Meanwhile the Japanese com-1, niandor Is endeavoring to arrange with the victorious rod army of th Chita 'government to take over tho city ' peacefully. I Tho reds resent being asked to ne-.jgotiate ne-.jgotiate regardlnj movements of Rus-.'slan Rus-.'slan soldiers on Russian soil, but ;it .last reports, no fighting had occurred I between them and the departing Japanese Jap-anese troops. J Iarge numbers of foreigners are i leaving Vladivostok by evory route. CITY TERRORIZED. ' TOKIO. Oct 20. (By Tho Assocl-jated Assocl-jated Press). Terror rolgns in Vladi-,vostok Vladi-,vostok as the completion of Japanese! I evacuation approaches, according to jdtspatehes received here today. ' Last night the city was plunged In darkness by the failure, of tho lighting ..plant- White guurds roamed the ''streets In the darkness, pillaging bus-Vlness bus-Vlness houses and residences and hold- ing up pedestrians. M On the outskirts of the town Japa-. Japa-. neso troops and red forces of the ad- poncing Far Eastern republic army are I reported to have clashed i The original plan of the Japanese! 1 1 was to turn over the administration! .'of Vladivostok to municipal govern-1 .rnent and to hold the reds outside th' neutral zone until evacuation w.i complete Then the municipal authorities author-ities refused to take possession of the war munitions left behind by the Jnp-aneef Jnp-aneef and llv Litter sought to open negotiations with the reds to give th-republican th-republican troops control and thus avoid nn Interim of disorder. The ;Chlta commanders refused to negotiate nego-tiate and the clash between the Japanese Jap-anese and reds Is reported to have followed. |