THE WAR ON RUSSIAN BOLSHEVISM

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 137, 5 March 1919, Page 5

THE WAR ON RUSSIAN BOLSHEVISM

RED ENEMY DRIVEN BACK BY . FRANCO-GREEK TROOPS By TelegrapE-Press Association-Copyright (Eec. March 4,. 7.45 p.m.) Athens, March' 3. .Franco-Greek troops advanced north of Odessa and occupied the fort and town of Tiraspol. , The Bolshevists yetreated along the Dniester, abandoning much material. The Franco-Greek forces are pursuing.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RAPID ADVANCE OF THE LITHUANIANS. I'Rec. March 5, 0.35 a.m.) Copenhagen, March 3. The Lithuanians, pursuing the defeated Bolsheviki, have reached a line about 15 miles eastward of Vilna.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ARMED BRIGANDSJN PETROGRAD WARNING SPEECH BY LENIN. (Eec. March i, 11.50 p.m.) Copenhagen, March 3. Brigandage in the streets of Petrograd is general. Parties consisting of fifteen or twenty Red Guards.each go about at night, terrorising the population and pillaging private houses and public buildings. . Lenin, in a speech at Moscow, said;— "The only thing to do is to shoot several hundreds of our own officials in Petrograd and Moscow in one day, otherwise our own. fate is sealed." Lenin also stated that the production of Soviet bank notes exceeded five hundred millions sterling monthly. Among the hostages whom the Bolshoyiki recently killed were Generals Ruziky and Dinntrieff. They, with a hundred others, were shot down with machine-guns, and those who were still alive were hacked to pieces with swords. The peasants refuse to pay all taxes, and are resisting the collection by force of arms.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. THE PRINCES ISLAND CONFERENCE (Eec. March 5, 1.15 a.m.) New York, March 3. Dispatches from Archangel say that Zinovieff, the ■ Governor of Petrograd, in ii speech, said: "The Bolsheviki are not willing to attend the Princes Island Conference because any peace signed with the Allies would not be considered binding. It would serve the purpose of alleviating the food shortage, but would I not prevent the continued organisation of the Red Army nnd sprend of Bol-shevism.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Aesn.