5 MARCH 1921, Page 2

It is reported that the Bolsheviks, who without provocation Invaded

the Socialist Republic of Georgia, occupied Tiflis at the end of last week, after promoting a " Red " insurrection of the usual kind. The Georgian army dispersed. The Bol- sheviks from one side and the Turks from the other are said to be marctiing on Batum. Moscow, having used the pretty phrase of " self-determination " to delude Western Socialists, has now dropped it. The Bolsheviks, hike the Tsars, mean to rule the Caucasus, whether the Georgians, Tartars, or Armenians want Russian rule or not.