THE GEORGIAN REVOLT

Trotsky Marches at the Head of an Army of 100,000 Men

London, October 6. The Daily Telegraph publishes the following telegram from the Chicago Tribune correspondent in Trebizond: "Trotsky arrived in Batum on Thursday, to take command of the Red Army of one hundred thousand men in the Caucasus to check the new Georgian revolution. »

The Growing Influence of the Soviets in China

Shanghai, October 6." At its first meeting, the new directorate of the China Eastern Railways dismissed Mr. Ostroumoff, chief engineer, who directed the entire network. He was arrested with his five principal collaborators and imprisoned in the Harbin prison. Tchang So Lin was accused of having ordered this arrest, but in reality the new Bolshevik director Ivanoff is said to be solely responsible.

The consular corps of Harbin protested immediately and sent a message to the British consul at Mukden asking him to intervene with Tchang So Lin to obtain the release of the prisoners. The inter-allied control, which had placed Mr. Ostroumoff at the head of the China Eastern Railways, considers the measure taken against him as an outrage.

It is to the good administration of Mr. Ostroumoff that the China Eastern Railways owe their present prosperity, and its The arrest is an indication of the growing influence of the Soviets in the region.