WAR ON RUSSIAN BOLSHEVISM

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 176, 21 April 1919, Page 5

WAR ON RUSSIAN BOLSHEVISM

INTENSE FIGHTING ON THE LIBAU FRONT BOLSHEVISTS OCCUPY SERASTOPOL , By Telesraph-Prcsa Association. Copyright (Rec. April 20, 5.5 p.m.) Stockholm, April 15. There is intense lighting on the whole of the Libau front. Tho Bolshevists are daily receiving ninny reinforcements, while the Livonians, from.'lack-of-iood and munitions, will Im compelled to -withdraw unless supplies arrive. ... . The Letts have reached within nine miles of Riga, and anticipate its early recapture. The Bolshevists,-, /after lour days' heavy halting toward'Mltau, using heavy artillery and armoured cars, were rcpnloed.—Aus.-N.t;. Cable Assn. IN NORTH RUSSIAv Archangel, April 15. The [lolsheviki have evacuated Bol-sliiozerlti.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMANS SAID TO HAVE SEIZED 1 LIBAU. .•••■.■ . London, April 18. It is. reported that German troops have seized Libau and'are overthrowing the Lettish ■ Government.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. f- '•"' v ' . REDS RETREATING ALONG WHOLE ■. FIiONT (Rec. April 20.' 11.5 p;'ni.) London, April 19. Archangel telegrams' report that the Bolsheviki are retreating alorj their whole front.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SEBASTOPOL OCcUPIi BY THE REDS (R4c. April 20, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, April 18. The Bolsheviki occupy: Sevastopol.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.BOLSHEVIK PTOTSIN FINLAND SEVERAL ARRESTS. Helsingfors, April 13 (delayed). ■ Several arrests have been made in connection with the plot to blow up the Officers' Club, an important bridge, and ammunition depot at Viborg, at the end of April, in co-ordination with a Bolshevik attack on Finland. A revolt had been arranged in Sweden and Norway on the same day.—Router.

KOLTCHAK'S FIGHT FOR SOUND GOVERNMENT BOLSHEVIK TAINT. OF CORRUPTION London, April 13 (delayed). The. Omsk correspondent _of "The Times" states that gross official corruptioi hampers General Koltchafs struggle to establish a sound Government, '-he taint of Bolshevism affects office-holders from the highest to the lowest. The Minister of Supplies is c'harged vith! frauds estimated to total sis millions sterling. These abuses are provoking the deepest discontent, for the people are deprived of bare necessities. The Cossacks threaten to .execute reprisals.— "The Times."

NEWS FROM OMSK ANTI-BOLSHEVIK CAMPAIGN,' (Rac. April 20, 11.5 p.m.) Washington, April 19. Reports received at the Russian Embassy from Omsk state that an antiBolshevik campaign is opening with the object of occupying all the Volga territory— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. OFFER TgTtHE ALLIES ENORMOUS' CONCESSIONS. (Rec. April 20, 11.20 p.m.) : Paris, April 20. The Peace Conference has. received 8 report from Russia from an American correspondent who interviewed M. Tchitcherin. The latter offered to pay the old dobts, and grant enormous concessions to the Allies if they would mali 6 pence. He added: "Russia is rich.' "Wo have, uncalculated acres of timber _ and priceless quantities of coal and undiscovered ores. We ask tho Allies to come and develop the country and recognise Sovietism."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asan.-Reu-ter. , •- ■.-..■• , ■,:.',