§ 63. Mr. SWANasked whether, late in September of this year, some Cossack troops sent to reinforce the garrison at Vladivostok, at the time of an impending coup d'état on the part of the social revolutionaries, perpetrated several murders of Allied and Russian soldiers and civilians; and, if so, whether His Majesty's Government or the representatives of the Allies in Siberia have taken or intend to take any steps in the matter?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. A Russian officer and an American soldier were killed, and a Czech soldier was wounded.
The situation was immediately taken in hand by the Allied military authorities on the spot, involving the trial by court-martial of the chief offender, and steps were taken in conjunction with the heads of the Allied Missions at Omsk to re-establish order.