THE WAR ON RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKI

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 84, 3 January 1919, Page 5

THE WAR ON RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKI

| LATEST FRIGHTFULNESS IN MOSCOW FIGHTING IN UKRAINIA By Tclegraph-PreES Aesociation-Oopyrlght. (Reo. January 2,-11.10 p.m.) Stockholm, December 31. Swedish volunteer troops have landed at Esthonia. French transports -with two battalions of 'L'urcos, Arabs, and Algerians have arrived at Odessa. French and Italian troops will occupy Stamboul, and the British will occupy Warsaw. A horse of Bolsheviki are bombarding Leniberg with small guns.—Renter, (via America). SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR OBJECTS. (Rec. January 2, 11.50 p.m.) Durban, January 1. The Trade Union Congress has adopted; by 32 votes to 1, a motion in favour of tlio withdrawal of the Allied troops from Russia.—Renter. A BOLSHEVIK COMMUNIQUE London, January 1. • A Russian wireless report .states: "In .thePetohora-MezenxWgiion we arecontinuv ing to advance, and have captured soveral villages, after fierce fighting. In the .It-eval region the enemy landed five hundred men and four guns. In the direction of Riga wo captured twenty gums. On the southern front a. strong enemy force pressed us back to Grcnevsk."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn-Reutor.. (Rec. January 2, 11.10 p.m.) .London, December 31. A' wireless' Russian official message says that the Ukrainian Soviet troops have taken several villages in the .neighbourhood of Nagrodan, Kharkoff, and T\-u----pansk. The Germans are fleeing from Kharkoff, and -have re, quested rolling stock, which the rnilwaymen agreed , to supply provided the Germans gave- up their arms. The German evacuation ot Vilna will be completed by January 5. , Chaos and anarchy reign at BrestLi tovsk, where , the fortresses havo been dismantled.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.lieuter. (Rec. \ JanuaTy 2, 11.50 p.m.) London, January 1. A Russian wireless message'states: "We advanced towards Reval to the I.okskaKolk line. "We captured Romotzkoe, near Wenden, and also Romorshof, on tho Dvina, and Ussiasny, on the SventzianyPonevesh railway.. We have taken Ufa, which is the capital of the White Guards territory westward of. the Urals. The Lithuanian bourgeois Government lias left Vilna for Ifovno.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. PEASANT REVOLT IN MOSCOW SUPPRESSED WITH FRIGHTFUL CRUELTIES. (Rec. January 2, 11.10 p.m.) Pet-is, December 31. "Le Journal" publishes a letter from Petrograd showing that the Red Guards suppressed a big revolt of the peasants against the Bolsheviki in the Moscow district recently with frightful cruelties, in--eluding wholesale 'massacres and burnings.—Reuter. . MARTIAL LAW IN POSEN , . : (R<;c. January 2, 11.10 p.m.) London, December 31. The "Tageblatt" states that reports from Poseu 6how that there were over two hundred casualties in the • recent, street fighting. Martial law lias been proclaimed.—Renter, via America. • , POLISH CAVALRY RAIDING GERMANY (Rec. January 3, 1.10 a.m.) Berne, Janu?ry 2. Polish advices state that Polish cavalry, raiding Germany from Posen,' have reached Frankfurtf-on-Odei'. — Aus.-N.Zi Cable Assn. CZECH COMPLAINT FROM SIBERIA THAT ALLIES HAVE DESERTED , THEM. London, December 31. Mr. Ackeiman, New York "Times" correspondent, cabling from Vladivostok, points out how the' Czechs saved Siberia from German-Bolshevik domination. He says that on November 28, 1918, official of the United States s_ent a message from which the 'Czechs concluded that .American troops would be sent to help them. Help, however, never came. The Czechs now feel that they havo been deserted by the Allies. Trotsky,. after granting the Czechs ■' a passage through Russia, put everything in the way to delay them. All the Sonets were instructed to disarm tlie Czechs or shoot thciii on sight if armed. Tunnels were ordered to be blown up, trains to be thrown off the tracks, and the men to lie sent to prison cam pa.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPORTED ASSASSINATION OF KOLTCHAK. (Rec. January 2, 11.20 p.m.) ( v . London, December 31. Reports from Siberia state that Admiral IColtchak, has been assassinated—Reuter, via Americiit ■ ' . NEW ZEALANDERS AT FOOTBALL ~ London, January 1. In Rugby football Wales scored three and New Zealand three.—Reuter. INTERSTATE CRICKET (Rec. January 2, 10.50 p.m.) Melbourne, January. 2. For tho inter-State cricket match between Victoria and South Australia, the. weather was fine but hot, and the wicket good. South Australia are six wickets down for 291—Gehrs 96, Run'dell 100, Richardson (not out) 50.—Press Assn. SOLDIERS' DEFERRED PAY Melbourne, January 2. It is estimated that the payment of deferred pay to the Expeditionary Force will involve tho expenditure of twelve 'millions.—Press Assn. Geelong -is shortly to havo a new/industry (6ays the Melbourne ''Age"). About 1030 acres of inferior Crown land in tho Wensleydnle forest district havo been purchased 'by a firm cf Assyrians who propose to establish the silk industry there. The land is to be cleared and planted in mulberry trees. The area will be cut up into blocks,' and by arrangement with the promoters ot tho scheme families will be settled on them. Representations were made to tho Minister of Agriculture for Government assistance. The proposal was that at a cost of about .£l5O tho Government should import sufficient mulberry trees to plant ;100 acres of the land at once. All doubt as to the suitability of Victorian conditions for tho production of high-class, silk was dispelled by tho display of lengths of silk that might havo boon mistaken for Bradford tops. Most of the silk had been taken from cocoons purchased from school children. A handbook showing the deposit of ,£4OOO was found among the effects of a workman who died suddenly in a Newark, N.J., roomiiig house. TEETH LIKE MOTHER NATURE'S. The Special Anatoform Teeth _ we use with our plate-work are pcrfect in shape and colour, and strong enough for a lifetime's service. Plates are made to even thickness throughout, (oulorm to | every lino and modulation of mouth. W. P. Sonunerviile, Dentist, Molesworth St. Hours—9 a.m. to 6 p.m.—Advt. (The cablc ncw6 in this issuo accredited to the London "Times" has appeared in that journal, but only -where erpresuly stated is suoh news the oditorial opinion if tho "Timea.")