RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16418, 11 January 1919, Page 9

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

leaders at variance. (By Cable- —Press (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association COPENHAGEN, January 8. Tho "Gothenburg Gazetto" learns that tho dispute between Lenin am} Trotzky aroso out of Lenin's demand that tho Bolshevists should coalesce with tho Menshovists. IVotzky insisted on a continuation of tho reign of terror. FIENDISH ATROCITIES. ("The Times.") LONDON, January S. Mr J M. N. Jeffries, correspondent of "Tho Times," describes awiul Bolshevist atrocities, reviving tho most fiondish mcdirevnl torture. A marauding gang in Podolia (southwest Russia) seized a Polish landlord and pulled his limbs apart till the body was ripped. Tho remains wore hacked to pieces and burned. Six managers and overseers in a factory at Schienski wero bound in tinopen, with tho thermomotcr below zero, and water was poured on their heads tt',l they woro frozen solid. Russian officers wero torn to pieces. Sonio had their bones broken, staid otlicrs wero killed by tho application of an eloctric current. DAMAGE BY BOLSHEVISM. GERMANY HELD RESPONSIBLE. (Renter's Telegram#.) (Received January 10th, 7.5 p.m.) PARIS, January 8. At tho last sitting of the Armistico Commission at Spa, Marshal Focli stated that Germany would bo held responsible for destruction, done by Bolfihovists in Poland and the Baltic provinces, because, contrary to the armistice terms, the Germans, on evacuating these regions, left arms and war material in tho hands of the Bolshevists. Tho British Admiral commanding the naval forces in the Baltic lias made an identical statement to the 'German Commander. THE AMERICAN STRENGTH. (Australian and. N.Z. Onbl© Association.) (Rocerred January 11th, 1.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 8. Tho American forces in Russia total 12,000, and in Serbia 7000.