RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16426, 21 January 1919, Page 7

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

ANTI-BOLSHEVIST OPERATIONS

(By Cable. —Pre«a Association. —Copyright.) (Auntrali*" Cubic Association*)

LONDON, Janunry 17. The Australian Press Association says that the railway from Batoum to Baku is now in British hands, therefore it is easier to, supply General Maleson via the Caspian, where tho heavy winter has set in. The British force is the onlv stable factor in Transcaspia It is essential to provont the liolsheyisi penetration of northern Persia and is equallv necessary to retain the present force in northern Russia, tliouyu there is no intention to send large reinforcements or to nttnek Russia. The Bolshevists on the Ural front are advancing on Orenburg. Tho difficulties facing tho Omsk Government are lar ff oly duo to the condition of tho Trans-Siberian railway, which is only capable of one train daily. Aooufc I<jq 000 Bolshevists aro operating on the Omsk front, including many German officers. . , .. , There has been severe fighting between tho Don and tho Caucasus, where General Denikin is commanding tho Anti-Bolshevist forces. General Denikin defeated the Bolshevists after severo fighting of Stavropol. Nevertheless, 140,000 Bolshevists aro fighting well, owing to discipline harshly enforcod by tho death penalty and corporal punishment. Three allies aro helping General Denikin witli arms aand ammunition, but only a few French detachments havo landed at Scbastopol and Odessa.. General Poole telegraphs that refugees in Central Russia stato that tho Bolshevists continue to destroy tho economic and social life. A decree for -j the nationalisation of -women has been put into force, and commissaries of free love have been established in several towns. Rospoctable women wero flogged for refusing to yiold. Experiments havo also been made for the nationalisation' of children. EXCESSES AT RIGA. COPENHAGEN, January 16. The "Vossische Zeitung" states that' refugees from Riga report fires in sovera] places. The Bolshevists aro plundering and murdering. TURMOIL IN PETROGJtAD. (Rentor's Telegram*.) (Received January 20th, 10.45 p.m.) HELSINGFORS, January 19. Tho Bolshevists are retreating in disorder in Esthonia. A great.part of the invading foroo has been withdrawn to quell the famine strikes in Petrograil, • where internal troubles havo caused a highly dangerous situation.