1 FEBRUARY 1919, Page 2

There was still a war on at the end of

last week, when the Bol- sheviks of North Russia drove in some of the American unite operating from Archangel, where the Allies have both flanks resting on the coast. Shenkursk is the point where the Bol- sheviks have made their strength felt—to the west of the Dwhns, and about one hundred and eighty miles from the Allies' coastal base. There is no reason to suppose that this is more than a casual and transient success for the enemy ; the Archangel Expedition has not been seriously challenged. But the Bolsheviks have done better at Orenburg, north of the Caspian, and the junction of the Siberian and the Caucasus armies is delayed.