THE RUSSIAN CHAOS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 128, 24 February 1919, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN CHAOS

SITUATION ON ALLIED FRONT NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE FOR ANXIETY-- .•; By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, February 21. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Cui'zon declared:thatjhe.Bolsheviki vera trying to dispose"'of'::,this - ."•-Provincial Governments one by one,--and wanted to release tho Northern forces for service against General Denikin,. ■ Viscount Peel, speaking on behalf of Hie War Office, stated that the recent retirement on the' Archangel front was carried but with the smallest 'losses; .'and the enemy had suffered heavily. There was no immediate' anxiety''in. regard to tho safety of the forces, although if the Bolsheviki persisted,- -reinforcements might be necessary. Our troops had suffered comparatively little from., sickness, and • there were, owing to the co-opera-Kou of Sir Ernest Shackleton in training the troops, few cases of frostbite.—Reuter. ALLIES' SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS ' BOLSHEVIK!' "SUFFER 1 HEAVILY. (Kec. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) 1 ■ ■ London, February, 21, . A British North Russia official report states: "The Allies, with very slight casualties, carried out successful operations, in which' Scgoj'a, sixty miles southward of Horoka, on tho Murman railway, was reached. The Bolsheviki suffered, heavy casualties. We counted fifty billed, and eighty prisoners,' and much! material were captured, including mach-ine-guns, rifles, and rolling-stock."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable As.?n.-Reuter. (Rec. February 24, 0.15 a.m.) London, February 20. The situation on the Archangel front is unchanged, but there are increasing Bigns that the Bolsheviki are massing fortes oh thoso fronts.—Aus.-N.ft. Cable Assn. ........ ( RIGA'S SEA-DEFENCES BEING • ORGANISED BOLSHEVIKI OFERING FABULOUS SALARIES. (Rec. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) Helsingfors, February 21. The Bolshevist naval staff is hastily organising the sea defences of .Riga. They are extensively mining the" southern coast, offering fabulous salaries to mar-' ine experts, and paying mine-laying ! marines nominally ,£3OO a day. It is officially announced that an' extraordinary commission condemned and executed eleven Archbishops in January,including the Metropolitan of Kieff, and condemned two hundred bourgeois hostages at Pensa - to be shot in the event of any attempt on the life of Trotsky.— "The Times." BOLSHEVIKI ATTACK ESTONIANS (Rec. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) '"■ London, February 20. The Bolsheviki on Saturday began a general offensive against the Esthonians. Heavy fighting resulted, and the' Esthonians strongly counter-attacked—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . OPFOSITIONIO BOLSHEVIK RULE WORKMEN DEMAND CESSATION OF CIVIL WAR. (Rec. February 24, 0.15 a.m.) . London, February 20. The Australian Press Association learns that reliable information from pro-Bol-shevik sources in Russia indicates that the enlightened workers' opposition to Bolshevik rule increases. A Bolshevik wireless message admits that sixty thousand workmen struck at Petrograd, de- 1 manding the cessation of civil war.—Aus> N.Z. Cable A6sn. •-. : • ■: .

LENIN ASSAULTED AND ROBBED (Bee. February 24, 0.15 a.m.) Stockholm, February 21. Sailors assaulted and robbed ' Lenin when lie was motoring from Petrograd,— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RED GUARD«ApCTED DICTATORS RELYING : ON OHINESB TROOPS. London, Febniiiry 21. The "Daily OhronicleV'Gene'va correspondent reports a.new aspect of the Bolshevik danger. The Soviet rulers are concentrating on the propagation'cf 801-| sheyism in China and India. Russian!! and Swiss refugees in Moscow state thai the Bolshevik diotators depend entirely, on Chinese troops, owing to the. disaffection of the Russian Red Guards.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. •■:.••• • ADVANCE OFISeIN'S ARMY LAEOE-BOLSHEVIK.AEIfr-SMASHED (Eec. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 20. General Denikin's advance smashed then Bolshevik army of ■ nearly a hundred thousand. The victory enabled General. Denikin to assist on the Don front, where the posftion is precarious.—"The Times.'* . ' THE CASPIAN~siI.«E4CHBD.. (Eec. February 23, 5.5 p.nr.). ; New York, February 22. Dispatches from Odessa 6tate that Gen* eral Denikin's army has reached the Cas» pian Sea and captured thirty-one thou* sand of the Eed Guards, ninety-five guns,' and eight armoured trains. They_ defeat* ed a hundred thousand Bolsheviki.—Aus.i N.Z. Cable Assn, (Rec. February 24, 0.15 a.m.) Stockholm, February 2L General Denikin's force lias reached tn« Caspian Sea. It took prisoner-thousands of Bolsheviki, and put out of action the, whole of the Eleventh Army.—A-us.-N.Z-Cable Assn. BRILLIANT SUCCESSES. ' (Rec. February 24, 0.15 a.m.) London, February 20. General Denikin's operations on the southern front have resulted in brilliant successes. The Bolsheviki have been com. pel led to retire a hundred miles,' and their position is extremely uncomfortable. It is anticipated that the majority of these troops will be put out of action,— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ." '