BOLSHEVISM

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 167, 9 April 1919, Page 7

BOLSHEVISM

REPORTED COUP IN I HUNGARY GENERAL SMUTS'S MISSION DEVELOPS IMPROVED OUTLOOK IN NORTH RUSSIA RED PLOT IN GERMANY By Telegraph—Press- AssooiattonT-OopvrlEht .London,'. Jiliiruh. 28. The ".Dnily Chronicle's" .Berlin correspondent reports Hint (:ho German-Aus-trian Cubinet has recognised the Hungaiiuh 'Soviet Government. ■flerr-Polgar (Hungarian-Soviet Ambassador to Vienna).hns described the rapid socialisation' of 'factories, workshops, and houses in Hungary. The tlicatres have been ordered to givo'several- free performances for the workers each week. Ilic.revolution.is- primarily aimed at freeing tho proletariat and the landless peasants. Jlo added: Mf the bourgeoisc are- with us, it'is because there is no alternative. We are closelv filial, Militarily and politically, .-ith the Russian Government:- "That alliance is <!e----'ffchsive': ■ The '-foreign l '"missions and troops are leaving Budapest. I'Jiera are no' sighs'o'f l '''reprisals" by'the Entente. Powers, and it is doubtful .'f the litter will -seriously l attempt to embark upon nil odventuro against such' a woritl v/ido Government as that of Bolshevism."— Aus.-N.'Z. Cablo Assn. :

NOTSO,BLOODLESS AS r WAS MADE OUT

THE REVOLUTION IN HUNGARY

(Rec; April H, 8.5-p.m.)

! Paris, March 2? (delayed). Reports from Hungary show that the was not to bloo.dlcss as had been made out. Tlibro '■ were serious fusillades in the streets of Budapest. Many peoplo were killed or wounded, and 'there was much pillaging. The Czechoslovak Legation was occupied by the Red Army. The whereabouts of the Legation- is unknown. -The Red' Guards rnided tho Ukrainian Legation and arrested the personnel, while a Russian officer distributed two- million . crowns which were found in the building—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. RUMOURED OVERTHROW OF SOVIET New York, April 7. Aews dispatches from .AmstjnKai state that' reports which are iipt. r Voniiniied say that 'the'-Hungarian' Soviet Government has been .overthrown.—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' ! :' • ;■' <.'. ■ V '•■•■ 'Vienna, Apr 1 7. It is rumoured that the Soviety Government in Hungary has been overthrown. General Smuts's visit is qintori by the Soviet Press as indicating that the Entente is friendly to Socialistic Govern-ments.—Au's.-N.Z. Un hie 'Assn. -

SOCIALISM WHOLESALE

HUNGARY'S LATEST. (Rec Apri1.8,.9.40 p.m.)

• .:..-, New York, Maroh.'27v(delayed). United Press messages from Budapest states: that the. Hungarian -Soviet coup occurred without .disorder or bloodshed. Amicable relations with the Allied officials continue.' The Allied troops have full liberty. Everything is socialised, frbnv the' Army to the,baths. Conscription has been abolished,, and tribunals supplant the courts; industries havo been ordored to continue work, titles have been abolished, and the Stock Exchange is,closed

The' United Press Agency at ; Berne learns-that Bolshevist-uprisings in Austria and Czeeha-Slovakia,.aro imminent. Any move in these countries against the 'Hungarian Soviet 'Government is' expect-ed-to. precipitate class- warfare.—Aus.N.Z. Cnblo Assn.

GENERAL SMUTS AND THE HUNGARIANS

BRITISH .ENVOY'S PROPOSALS.

(Rec. April 8, 5.5 p.m.) Budapest, April 7. t General Smuts's- proposals to Hungary includo the creation of a neutral zone between Hungary-' and' Rumania, to be occupied by the Allies; tho raising of .the iblockade immediately; to allow of the importation of.food; and the receiving of a representative at Paris to hear tho Hungarian case.

General Sniuts held a conference of Bohemians, : -Hungarians, Rumanians, Jiigo-Sluvs, and Gerinan-Austrians, with the object of reaching an agreement rethe territorial limitations. The Hungarian Government agreed to the conference, but demurred at the boundaries. .-.;.- .' . ..-: .■■ ,■.;

General Smuts denies that tho Allies are\planning to send an army' into Hun-gary—Aus.-N.Z. CabhV Assn.-. ,-.

THE PERIL I NORTH RUSSIA SITUATION IMPROVES' London, April 7. A Russian relief forqo-. will bo dispatched on Wednesday.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RISING ON THEKOLA PENINSULA, .... . .. London, April 7. A projected 'rising of Finns, Bolsheviki.'and Karelians on-the'Kola Peninsula (North Russia-) ■ has been quelled.— Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn. . RECALCITRANTS. OVERAWED' ' (Rec. April 8, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 7. ■A- British' official report from Murmansk,, dated April 5, announces an improvement in the state of affairs at Kandalaksha." The announcement that reinforcements were en routo and of other military preparations overawed the leaders of\the' Finns, Karelians, and Bolshoviki. who had- been plannings a rising on a largo 6cale. The leaders in tho Finnish region have signed an agreement --to- comply; in futuro . with tho wishes,of the general .officer commanding. " .... The War Office states that according to later-, information, from Murmansk the immediate danger ef a Finnish and Karelian rising has been averted.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. ■ BOLSHEVIK DEFEAHN LITHUANIA''"' A GENERAL RETREAT. : Stockholm, April 7... The Bolshoviki liavo been defeated in Northern Lithuania and are retreating on tho whole front.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ~ 700 BOLSHEVIIf DEAD IN RECENT FIGHTING (Roc. April 8, 5.5 p.m.) Archangel, April 7.' The Bolshevists lost seven hundred dead in the recent fighting— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' ...

LENIN'S RED MILLION New York, April i. The Chicago "Tribune's" Potrograd correspondent states that Lenin's army now contains more than a million men, who are-lighting-on a front of 1500 (?) 7r.iles.—Aus.-N./i. .Cable' Assn,.. DEFINITE ALLJEDPOLICY WANTED . TO STIttL.THR BOLSHEVIST TIDE. (Ree. April 8, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 7. There is o growing opinion that it is of the greatest importance that the Allies should decide u definite policy doalinir with Bolshevism lo prevent it spreading. Retrograd could readily be captured, but the problem of feeding the citv afterwards would be most difficult. Tlio tinio of tho year is becoming suitable for naval and military operation*,

The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Stockholm states that refugees from Potrograd report that the discipline of tho Bolsheviki soldiers is deteriorating. Many are deserting from the front, while there is a- growing hatred of the pomilaco against the present regime. —Aus.-N Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN POLICY EVOLVED. (Rec. April 8, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, April 7. Tho American delegation has evolved •a definite Russian policy (o be submitted to tho Peace Conference.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPORTED RECOGNITION BY THE ALLIES OFFICIALLY DENIED. . Washington, April 7. Lord'Reading-(British Ambassador), at tho suggestion of Mr. Lloyd George, has advised (lie New York "Times" that tho report of tho recognition of Lenin and Trotsky is unfounded—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIAN INTRIGUE IN • GERMANY OFFER TO RESTORE THE .FRONTIERS New York, March 26 (delayed). >', A correspondent learns on excellent authority that-the Russian Soviet Gov.ernment has offered tho Berlin Govcrn,nient; to restore Germany's former i'ron'liei's on the East and West if the German riders would consent lb make im■portant political concessions to the Spar'tricu'siaris, and'conclude an allianco with Russia.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn.

•PLOTTING FOR A GRAND COUP D'ETAT

New York, April C. '''■Mr.'-'A'riip' Dosch-Feurot states' that •tho Berlin Communists, in conjunctionwith the Russian Bolsheviki, have fixed '.the-.middle of April for tho overthrow'of tlie Ebort Government and the establishment of a Soviet' Government in Berlin. The Weimar National Assembly is sched-' ,tiled -to ••: bo. ■ seized■ by April 18..-* ■- A genornl strike throughout the country will be started simultaneously. Tho •Russian. Bolsheviki will co-opcrnto and compel-. Herr ..Noske to send German troops'to'the"astern frontier to-mcet a Red Army'' of invasion, thus preventing the loyal troops from interfering with tho Soviet rising.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. SOVIET PLO.tIn~NORTH GERMANY LEADERS ARRESTED. Berlin, April 7. The Government has discovered "an extensive plot to proclaim a North German Soviet ...Republic, and has arrested the h-udejs: i. There.-'is intense excitement throHighout-tho country— Aus.-N L. Cable Assn. THE SPARTACJsTcoiIP IN BAVARIA GOVERNMENT ABANDONS MUNICH. ■i. ■;. London, April 7. The Bavariun Government has abandoned Munich, and is moving to Bamberg. .13 miles north of Nuremberg.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. -, . ..-., -,-..-v

BAVARIAN ERUPTION SPREADS

(Rec.-April 9, 0.35 a.m.) .i Paris, April • 7», The Wurzburg, Nurnmburg, and Munich Bavarian Soviet Governments' have been '• proclaimed/ Troops occupy tho banks, newspapers, telephones, and telegraphs.—Reuter. GENERAL STRIKE IN BERLIN..' : ' ■ : .-••! .•■ Berlin, April 7. ; A .seneral. strike has been declared in Derlin'.yßeuter. ... . ' " CRIME: AGaInSHHE GERMAN '..'. '.'■ r™ w ' ,' ■■■■ CHALLENGE BY ' REACTIONARY PARTY. London, March 28. Thero were.-.slormy scenes in tho Prussian National Assembly, when 'me Conservatives openly, .challenged tho Govern-, ment, declaring-that the revolution'was the greatest crime ever committed against tho German people. This movement .is regarded as a declaration of war by tho "reactionary"force's."—Aus.-N Z. Cable Assn.