GERMANY AND RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 95, 15 January 1918, Page 5

GERMANY AND RUSSIA

TERRITORIAL QUESTIONS REFERRED TO A COMMISSION

SITUATION BRIGHTER (Rμ. January 14, 8.5 p.m.) Zurich, January 13. The Russian and German delegates at Brest Litovsk have formed a Special Commission to negotiate territorial questions and a future commercial treaty.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY A FARCE TO BE DRAGOONED BY THE BOLSHEVIK! (Rec. January 11, 8.5 p.m.) London, January 13. The "Daily Chronicle's" fPetrograd correspondent states that the Bolsheviki intend'that the Constituent Assembly shall sit only for a few days to ratify M. Lenin's decrees, and hand the sovereign power to the Soviets, when it will dissolve. If it refuses it will compulsorily be dissolved for good. Tile situation nt Petrograd is slowly improving. Siberia ie dispatching two hundred trucks of corn daily. Also, Southern Russia has partially resumed the dispatch of foodstuffs, which was stopped after the revolution.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

POWER TO RECALL MEMBERS

(Rec. January 14, 8.5 p.m.)

London, January 13. A wireless message from Russia states: "The Central Executive of the Councils of Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies have issued a decree "ivinc the local councils power to recall members of the Constituent AssembFy in Pleases where they do not express the views of the labouring n!aSS< 'An All-Ukrainian Sea Congress lias been summoned to Kicff on January 23 to discuss the questions of a Ukrainian Constituent Assembly. -Router.

DREADFUL SCENES AT SEBASTOPOL

HORRORS OF KRONSTADT REPEATED.

(Rec. January 14, 8.5 p.m.) Odessa, January 13. The horrors of Kronstadt were re-enacted at Sebastopol where there wero two days' butchery of naval officers by Bolshevik sailors. At lea»t sixty were killed, including four admirals and a general, Most of those whowere killed were members of the Committee of Inquiry in 1912 undei the ex-Tsar's regime which inquired into the rebellious Sailors Rerotationaiy Union The Court of Inquiry convicted seventeen of them to execution and manv of the others to exile. The murdered admirals and captains were experienced warrio? in whom the Fleet expressed its well-merited confidence. Al tle officers in one shin wero taken to the famous Ma akoff Tower and shot The XS on of Sebastopol is nervous and exe ted and - ports of the murders of officers, which number hundreds. Strat fighting i proceeding at Nikolioff. Twenty Herman commercial travellers have armed at KiefF and are doing business—"The "1 imos.

DANGEROUS CRISIS IN FINLAND

(Rec. January 14, 8.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, January U. Telegrams from Finland describe tlio situation ns dangerous. The Red Ginrds rVfused to obey the Senate. There is every indication revolution isS! prepared The Diet is getting measures ready against the Red Guards.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

AN OBSCURE EMBASSY

THE BOLSHEVIK MINISTER IN LONDON. London, January 13. Citizen Litvinoff the Bolshevik Ambassador in London, is conducting his business'as Russian Plenipotentiary from his home in a small maisonette at West Hampstead, nssisted by his wifo.lt is probably the smallest Embassy in historv Although it does not recognise the Bolshevik Government, thp *oroign Office has established .semi-official relations with M. Trotsky through M. Litvinoff—"The Times."

THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR. Stockholm, January 13. Sir George Buchsumn, Tecontly British Ambassador in Russia, lias arrived here.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn.