MONARCHIST COUP IN RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 190, 1 May 1918, Page 5

MONARCHIST COUP IN RUSSIA

GERMAN GOVERNMENT TREATS REPORTS SERIOUSLY A TELEGRAM TO MOSCOW EX-MINISTERS IN PETROGRAD (Ken. May 1, 0.15 a.m.) London, April 30. The German Government has taken up the Swedish Press reports of the disturb-1 ances in Petrograd, and of the rcsloi-.v | tion of the monarchy. Herr Bu&sche, | Foreign Under-Secrelsi-y, has telegraphed to Herr Mixbach,' tlie Ambassador at Moscow, mentioning tho Swedish report. He says ho ha. , ) received a letter from Petrograd date'd April 13 stating that a monarchist pronunciation is imminent, a.Tid that General Alexieff, Mm. Gulch'koff, Miliukoff, and Konzianko aro in Petrograd. Herr Busrche ruggeste that tbo reports are not improbable, and for a telegraphic reply.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabin Assn. STORIES OF COUNTER-REVOLUTION LACK CONFIRMATION London, April 20. Tlir latest advices from Petrqgrad, ! dated up to April L' 3, do not confirm the i rumonra from Stockholm of the restora- | tion of the' Monarchy in tho person of the i 'i'sarevitch, which Russian circles in i Sweden have anticipated as a probabln i German movo. I Messages from Petrograd describe fierco fighting in Finland between the White and Bed Guards. Several trainloads of dead and wounded Ked Guards havo arrived from Terso'ci, while Viborg is cut oil. Enssian troops have been ordered to resist troops from Finland crossing the border, The Commissioners have ordered tho disarmament of tlie troops of tho Governmonts of Kursk and Crimea. Tho Siberian Provisional Government, in a proclamation in North Manchuria, urges tho establishment of solid Telations with tho Allies, and recognises the necessity for tho introduction of forejsn troops in tho far east of Siberia, pending the establishment of a fixed Government in Russia.—Renter. .ECONOMIC TREATY WITH THE UKRAINE. Amsterdam, April 2D. An economic agreement between tha Central Powers and the Ukraine was signed on April 23, establishing a Stale Grain Bureau, to deal with its supplies of grain.—Reuter. FINNISH WHITE GUARDS RAID ALLIED STORES. Washington, April 29. State Department advices say that the Finnish White Guards are seizing stores ,l irom Britain and America destined for tho old Russian Government—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WILL SEBASTOPOL FIGHT? Amsterdam, April 29. Ii 7? reported from Sebuslopol that tho Labour section in the Crimea favour tho surrender of the town, harbour, and fleet at Sebastopol without resistance, but tha sailors have decided to oppose the Ger-mans.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DEMAND FOR RELEASE OF GERMAN PRISONERS BACKED UP BY THREAT TO OCCUPY PETROGItAD. Washington, April !!!). I State Department advices say that Germany is sending a mission to Petrograd to demand tho immediate release of healthy German prisoners, the sick to remain in Russia under the care of neutral physicians. Germany will agree to releaso incapacitated Russian prisoners. If tho demands aro not met Petrograd will be occupied.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUMANIA. Amsterdam, April 29. Dr. Kuhlmann and Count Burian have anifed at Bucharest, in order to resumo tlie peiico negotiations—Reuter.