FAMINE THE WEAPON

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 153, 24 March 1919, Page 5

FAMINE THE WEAPON

LATEST BOLSHEVIK METHOD OF

TERRORISING

PETROGRAD A CITY OF THE DEAD By TcleirraDli—Press Association-Copyright Berne, March 18. M. Odier, the Swiss Ambassador, who liao returned from Pelrograd, states tliat the Bolshevik authorities are recognising that famine is the- best weapon, and they lion- systematically destroy food, after supplying themselves. For example, he saw great Quantities of eggs dashed to the pavements when delivered to tho railway stations by the peasants along tlio lino for barter. Owing to the worthlessnese of money Kerensky's banknotes are sold in bagfuls by weight.

The general situation in Russia beggars description. Petrograd has become a vast deserted metropolis, with unburied corpses. Tho remnant of the middle class ia filled with despair as the result of the Entente's failure to rescue tliwn. 31. Odier believes that a moderate relief force could easily defeat the Bolshevik mercenaries.—"The Times." ORDERED TOSTOPFIGffnNG PEREMPTORY MESSAGE TO POLKS AND UKRAINIANS. Paris, March 21. The Allies have sent a wireless message to the Poles and Ukrainians peremptorily bidding them to cease hostilities on tho Lemberg front. The Supreme Council invites both sides to Paris to discuss their differences.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

A BOLSHEVIK DEFEAT Warsaw, March 15. The Poles defeated the Bolshevik! at Sloimn and are recapturing towns. The Poke repulsed German attacks near Posen, and captured from the Ukrainians a number of villages in tho neighbourhood of Lemberg and Grodek.—Aus.-A.Z. Cable Assn. HEAVY DEFEaTFtHE NORTH ißec. March 23, 5.5 p.m.) New York, March 16. Dispatches from Archangel say that Bolshei/k troops attempted to cut the lines of communications between the American and Allied columns on the Dvina-Viga front. The enemy were ht-avily repulsed. Dispatches from Vladivostok say that the American troops are taking up strategic positions along the Trans-Siberian railway from Vladivostok to China, in connection with American supervision of the railway in that region.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FRESH MOVE BY LENIN •SUGGESTS A CONFERENCE WITH THE ALLIES. (Rec. March 23, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, March 22. It is reported that Lenin has decided to submit fresh proposals to the Entente Powers, suggesting a conference at Odessa. Tho Bolsheviki arc willing to abandon action in tho Don and Kuban Cossack regions, in Siberia, and in the Baltic, ii given a free hand in the Ukraine, and the Allied troops from Russia are withdrawn.— Aus.-N.55. Cable Assn. SITUATION AT ODESSA / DECLARATION BY THE FRENCH COMMANDER. (Rec. March 23, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, March 22. General Danseline, commanding the French forces at Odessa, declares that hi! will not evacuate under any circurn- j stances.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. I KOLTCHAK'S DRIYBIN THE URALS .', (Rec. March 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, March '22. General Koltchak's offensive in the Urals is- continuing encnEssfnlly, with heavy captures of prisoners mid war material. The Bolsheviki are completely disorganised. ' The Poles have entered Lemborg.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.