OVERTHROW OF BOLSHEVIK TYRANNY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 242, 1 July 1918, Page 7

OVERTHROW OF BOLSHEVIK TYRANNY

SENSATIONAL NEWS FROM RUSSIA COUP D'ETAT AT MOSCOW ■ ' London) Juno 2S. It- is reported thai the Bolshevik Government at Moscow has been overthrown. It is stated.that General Korniloff hae captured Moscow, and that Lenin and Trotsky have fled towards the Murnian coast.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. I FLIGHT OF BOLSHEVIK LEADERS. Stockholm, June 2S. According to a Petbrograd telegram, Lenin .and Trotsky have fled totheMurinan district, and Moscow is occupied by KornilofT and Kaledui. German troops have reported that Nikolai Nikolaievitch was elected Emperor by the German authorities in Finland on Thursday. Tliero is no confirmation oi' the rumours.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . STRONG APPEAL BY KERENSKY i BOLSHEVISM MUST BE CRUS HED. . ■ . , London, June 28. IT. Keronsky, speaking ;'at the Labour Conference, said that the interests of the Allied countries were inextricably interwoven with the fate of Russia. It oeuld not be a raattor of i ndifference to the Allies to-day that Russia was bleeding at every pore. She still opposed the enemy's invasion. The Russian people would never recognisjo the treaty made at Brest Litorsk, wliich hurled Russia into the abyss of an tiihilation. It was a thousand pities that the warning voices coming from Rus.sia were not heard by. tho Western Allies, and that the treacherous calls of pertce by Germany were not unmasked. The masa of Russian soldiery, importuned by German agents, were taken in .by false appealsonly to have placed on their : , backs all the bitterness nnd horrors of a Gorman peace. He proceeded to disc lose tho Germavi machinations in the Ukraine, where interests were conlinuoilly played oft' against some other interests. The Tights obtained by the Revolution were -witi'drawn by the dictatorship. • He was astonished that any serici'bs European political peoplo should consider the Bolshevik regime to be democratic.- The 3o!slii;viki were responsible for the present state of Russia. Ho 1 night bo asked how these conditions could bo maintained if the whole population was opposed to them. This was partly attributable to the international conditions of wnvfare, bnt was mainly due to Bolshevism, the strength of wliich lay. in the disorganisation of the worn-out masses of soldiers, whose declining moral! would eventually become tho vanguard of triumphant German Imperialism. At preeeut It was an advantage to Germany to maintain disorganisation amfl anarchy throughout Eussia. To reach her aim Germany innet paralyse the Runsian centre. Therefore, tho fate of the Russian people was of special significance and value to the whole world.—Router. FATE OF ,THE EX-TSAR SAID TO HAVE BEEN TRIED AND SHOT. Geneva, June 28. Tho Ukraine bureau at LausaVine states that tho Bolsheviki at Ekaterinburg, after a short trial, shot tho ex-Tsar. Details are lacking.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. • STATEMENT BY LORD ROBERT CECIL MESSAGES UNOFFICIAL AND NOT BELIEVED. ■ ! i (Ecc. Jsme 30, 5.5 p.m.) ' '. .. London, June 29. Lord Robert Cecil, interviewed, skid tliat the Government had no information regarding tho murder of the ex-Tsar irt , the overthrow of the Bolsheviki. "Tho latest messages from Moscow are unofficial, and are not believed."—"Tho Times." \ s ANOTHER STORY-MURDERED IN THE TRAIN. • (Rec. Juno 30, 5.5 p.m.) • Amsterdam, June 28. The Wolff Press Agency states that the ex-Tsar was murdered in the train while leaving Ekaterinburg after the GzGch-Slovaks had captured the town.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. OPINION IN BRITISH DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES (Rec... June 30, 5.5 p.m.) - f London, Juno 29. British diplomatic circles believe that] a critical situation has arisen in Bussia, and that developments of the highest: importance may be expected. The authorities accept with reserve, however,, the latest sensational reports, pointing out that they mostly come via Germany pr Austria. Dates are not assigned to events, which are based only on obscure Petrograd newspaper records. The overthrow of tho Bolsheviki may be a Getman oanard, circulated in order to provido a pretext for intervention. Kercnisky's friends in London discredit the reports. They point .out that the Grand Uuki) Nicholas and General Kprniloff ■ have been Hie subject of many rumours, ai\d at present their whereabouts is unknown. It is most unlikely that they would co-operate. Conflicting German reports regarding tho ex-Tsar continue. Messages from Stockholm state that advices j from Darmstadt on Thursday deny the rumour on the authority of the Russian Ambassador. Messages from Berlin and Vienna also ann.ounce a counter-revolution in all parts of Russia, of a monarchical nature _ Ti'ie monarchists have considerable quantities of arms and anrmuition—Aun.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. GERMAN REPORTS ON THE SITUATION (Rec. Juno 30, 5.5 p.im.) Copenhagen, June 28. German telegrams stato that the counter-revolutionaries have taken tho province of Irkutsk, Haborowek, and Blagowstshenk,, where they have overthrown tho local Soviet governments. The victory of tile Czechs and Slovaks is due to some of the Red Guards murdering their officers and then surrendering. The Grand Duke Michael is at tho head of thu anti-Bolshevik rising at Omsk, but hus declined to take tho throne. Ho desires that 'an All-Russian popular Assembly shall decide the country's futuro ruler.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SOUL OF RUSSIA UNCONQUERED '■ London, June 28. ■ Mr. Winston Churchill, Minister of Munitions, in a; speech at ti dinner in celebration of the anniversary of Greece's entry into the war, said that Russia was not dead, and would never die. All the jackbooters of Potsdam would not trample out the soul of Russia. The American armies were pouring into France; and Italy had gained a decisive victory over the whole of Austria's remaining military power. In spito of her victories, Germany was downcast; in spite of our disappointments, our hearts were as stout'as ever. We saw, with ever-growing certitude, the approach of final ultimate victory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; AMERICA'S ATTITUDE DEFINED SLAVS MUST BE FREED FROM TEUTONIC RULE. (Rec. June 30, 5.5 p.m.) . . Washington, Juuo 28. Mr. Lansing (Secretary of State) has made a statement, in xiey of pro-Gep man misrepresentations, to tho effect that tho position of the United States is tiiat all branches of the Slav race should be completely freed from German and Austrian- rule.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable' Assn. . '. .. •• THE AMERICAN COMMISSION TO RUSSIA. (Rec. June 30, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, June 28. The personnel of tho American Commission to Russia is about to be selected. The Commission will study industrial and economic conditions, with the object of discovering in what way the United States can assist in the restoration of Russia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SECRET BOLSHEVIK-GERMAN TREATY A PACT TO CRUSH THE POLE S. (Rec. June SO, 5.5 p.m.)' ' Milan, June 28. A Cracow newspaper publishes the text of a Bolshevik-German secret treaty, in which the Bolsheviki agree, not to interfere with Germany's Polish policy, pledge themselves to crush any Polish violation of Lithuania and the Ukraine, and defend Germanised Poland against the Allies.—"The Times." GERMAN OR CZECH-SLOVAK? DANGER OF A TEUTONIC OCCUPATION. London, June 28.. Tho "Morning Post" Stockholm correspondent reports that a Swedish editor who has returned from Petrograd states that a German occupation is expected unless it is forestalled by the Czecho-Slovaks, who havo already mustered a hundred thousand well-disciplined troops—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CHINESE CONCENTRATING IN MANCHURIA '. Paris, Juno 28. Tho Chinese General Lan lin Chuen is on a visit to Franco to study armaments Interviewed by the "Excelsior," ho said:—'There is n complete understanding between China and Japan as regards Siberia, China is concentrating in Manchuria an army ten times stronger than that of the Bolsheviki."—Aus.JN.Z, Cable. Assn. A TEN MILLION LOAN TO CHINA. (Rec. Juno 30, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, June 28. Mr J P. Morgan's firm, representing tho New York bankers, is negotiating with the State Department with a view to advancing a loan of .£10,000,000 to China.-AviflrN.Z. Cable Assn,