COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES IN RUSSIA UNITE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 110, 26 January 1918, Page 7

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES IN RUSSIA UNITE

TO FIGHT THE BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT KERENSKY TAKING LEADING PART IN CONSPIRACY The Committee of Public Safety has issued a ma!&taUnJ U S 24 th e counter-revolutionaries have united with the object of fighting tho Bolshevik Government It » reported that Kerensky, Silonenko, and HairnkoffS arrived in Pctrograd, and are heading the conspiracy!. There has been severe street fighting, in which warships in the River Neva took part.-Au U vi.Zi, Oablo Assn. GERMAN PEACE TERMS FINALLY REJECTED „, ~ . , ■ , i iL r. New York ' January 24. The Russians have rejected tho German peaco terms finally.—Aus -N Z Cable Assn. TROTSKY'S FIGHT FOR DEMOCRATIC PEACE TERMS. New York, January 24. The New , York "World" Petrograd correspondent says that while Trotsky is making an unflinching fight for democratic peace terms, ho may fail if tho Allies refuse their aid. Russia is unable to continue her defiance of Germany unless she receives material assistance.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

DIFFICULTY OF EVACUATING OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. , , ~ ~ . . „, . Amsterdam, January 24. General von An, the- Austrian Chief of Staff, interviewed bv the "Albcrzeit," said the desire for peace was general. "Nobody contemplates annexations, but tho evacuation of occupied territories is difficult, owin* to the disorganisiition of theßussian Army. We have costly works in these regions, on which we are largely dependent for supplies and food."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. an australian labour. delegate to be sent to γ-etrograd. _ . ~ ill,.- Melbourne, January 25. A Socialist newspaper states that it has been decided to ser/d si representative of the militant Labour movement in Australia to .Petrograd to take part in the negotiations affecting tho revolution and for securing peace.— Press Assn. • ONE OF EX-MINISTERS' MURDERERS ARRESTED. Petrograd, January 24. One of the murderers of M. Slnngareff and M. Kokoshlti has been arrested.— Router. REIGN OF TERROR IN FINNISH TOWNS ENCOUNTER WITH RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. Stockholm, January 24. Messages from tho frontier state that a reign of terror prevails in the Finnish towns. There was a sanguinary encounter on Monday at Tornea between Finlanders and Russian soldiers. The latter, armed with machineguns and rifles, attacked the Town Hall and arrested the Mayor and Police Commandant. Tho Finlanders disarmed the Russians, and forced the Russian reinforcements to retire. Serious excesses followed. ■At Viborg, two hundred Red Guards barricaded the streets and stormed the factories, killing and wounding many. Rod Guards and Socialists occupied the Government building at Helsingfors, and arrested several members of the Government and all the officials.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FINLAND ON THE VERGE OF FAMINE. London, January 24. M. Kihlman, formerly Attorney-General in Finland, who is visiting England in connection with an appeal for a relief fund, stated in an interview that Finland was on the verge of famine. Two-fifths of the population were unable to obtain bread of any description. The food supplies available included some thousands of tons of Iceland moss, which be declared was unfit for human consumption, and a small quantity of grain, but altogether only half of_ what was necessary to sustain life. The Finlanders were threatened with destruction unless speedy help was forthcoming. The supplying of weapons to the lowest'elements of tho community, enabling them to rob and plunder, aggravated the situation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■{Iceland moss is a variety of lichen which .grows plentifully in Northern Europe. It contains a largo proportion of "lichen' starch" which differs chemically from ordinary starch and is without recognisable structure but is nutritious and easily digested. It is, however, not a popular article of food, and even in Iceland, where it is particularly plentiful, is only used in times of scarcity.] .