THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 113, 5 February 1918, Page 5

THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN RUSSIA

CONFERENCE OF SOVIET DELEGATES INTERNAL DIFFERENCES OVER THE WAR London, February 3. The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states that the AIII Russian Conference of Soviets concluded on Friday. The members were ' greatly exhilarated bv the strikes in Germany, and claimed that tlie.y heralded a revolution in Middle Europe. The Bolsheviki are certain to retain power for the three months till the next conference. The heterogeneous anti-Gov-ernment block now consists of fewer than sixty, while two-thirds of the remaining eight hundred are Bolsheviks and Social Revolutionaries. There are many internal differences among the Bolsheviki; for instance, the Petrograd delegates at a recent caucus meeting urged the virtual acceptance of (itr- , many's terms. The Moscow delegates demanded tho continuation of the war until reasonable terms were obtained, hut the party voted solidly for .1 conference.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FOOD CRISIS AMELIORATED. . London, February 3. The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states that as the result of the Soviets having unearthed hidden stocks of food, starvation has been staved off. The situation has now improved, and the bread ration has [been Cable Aesn.

A REBUFF TO THE BOLSHEVIKI 2000 CAPTUEED BY THE CHINESE. Washington, February 3. Official cablegrams from Peking state that the Chinese have captured two thousand Bolshevik troops near Harbin. The Chinese occupy the city, and also control the Entente supplies at Vladivostok.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.