ABSTRACT
The ill-advised invitation was destined to come to nought because the indignant White leaders, notably Kolchak and Denikin, rejected almost immediately what has sometimes been inaccurately described as the Isle of Dogs Proposal. By comparison, the Bolsheviks developed their political and military advance in tandem under the competent leadership, respectively, of Lenin and Trotsky. The secret police had endeavoured to head off the trouble by rounding up the known ringleaders the night before. When news of the deaths of the radical leaders spread a mob marched on the gaol and forcibly released a majority of the prisoners. The principal British contribution in Omsk now became the training commitment for the new Russian army. The Russian officer corps in Siberia was of little substance, as evidenced by the numbers who entrained at Vladivostok for Omsk, yet never arrived. Unwisely, the Omsk Government reintroduced production; a decision which would have an unwelcome effect on the efficiency of the White forces.
