VON DER GOLTZ

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 18, 16 October 1919, Page 5

VON DER GOLTZ

FINANCED BY A RUSSIAN EX-GRAND DUKE BERMONDT DECLARED A TRAITOR BOLSHEVIK AUTOCRACY TOTTERING By Tolesr&ph-Pres» Afiodatlon-OopyrlElli Paris, October 11. The Chicago "Tribune's" Paris edition stales that the Grand Dulra Cyril, the ex-Tear's cousin, is von dor Ooltz, in the hope that the offensive towards Petrograd will smash liolslievisin beforo the winter, nnd enable von dor Golt/, to advance upon Moscow. 'An official conununiqn« from the British Military Mission inMlie Baltic States lcpoi'ls that Yiidenitcii bus declared Berniondt a traitor to Ins country, and ho.s excluded him ami Iris trnojis from the list of the North-Western Army. Yudeiiilch lin.i ordered the renin iiider of the officer volunteers who are faithful to their duties to proceed to sen villi the help of the British Mission?, and to rejoin the i\qrth-AVwtern Army. A .wireless report from Berlin states that tho Government has forbidden passenger traffic and the transport of munitions to the Baltic States. It. will allow only military trains for the. repatriation of troops to proceed.—Aus.K.Z. Cable Assn.

DENIKIN'S MARCH SMASHING BLOWS TO THE REDS London, October 14. Denikin reports that lie lw.s inflicted sovere losses on the Bo'.sheviki in the Kamyshin district, and bus destroyed a regiment in the direction of lbvinsk, taking many prisoners. He secured a great massi of prisoners and enormous booty at ChernigolF, wlieve he rescued two hundred hostages who had been condemned to be shot.

The ".Daily Telegraph's" Ifelsingfors correspondent says that Soviet rule is a boil h lo collapse. 'Hie Ecd Army is dissolving, and tho advance of the AVhito Army will ciih.so large 7iu;nbers of races (PKeds) to join the White forces. It is anticipated that Denikin will he in Jloscow within a month. His Horse Guards, like MnmmontolT'is, have broken the Red' front, and are in operation on the flank of the Soviet troops in the environs of Bvinnsk. The wliole of tho working population of Soviet Russia, including tlio pennants, lie.vc bsen ordered to undergo military training, but Trotsky's exhortations are 'vnin. It is significant that the people of Petrograd fo.tr a bombardment by British air-craft.—A,'iw.-N.Z. Cable- Awn. (Ilea. October 15, 7.10 p.m.; London, October 13. Official: Details of Denikin's victory at Verouej reveal the fact that the town wns captured by a volunteer oorp.? under General Shkuro. On tho following day the Soviet forces counter-attacked but were beaten off with heavy losses and driven into prepared traps, whore they weru annihilated with the help of the Cossacks, who thereupon swung southeastward and attacked the important railway junction of Tiki, capturing nine thousand prisoners on tho south-east front. Five Red regiments were completely defeated at Cherneiijar.—Renter. PEOBABLU FLIGHT TO TURKESTAN. Helsinjjfors, October U. Denikin's victorious, advance ill Orel and Tula h.is caused consteruntion in the Soviet. Army, whose best iraups havo been defeated. It is reported 'that the Soviet Government has decided, in tho event of the loss of Tula, which is heavily fortified, to flee tn Turkestan. It hns already fient pence proposals to the Polish Govornment.—Aus.-M.Z. C'ablo Assn.

SEBASTOPOL A FREE PORT. Moscow, October 14. The Entente Powers have decided that Sohastopol shall bo a freo port.—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn. NORWAY COVETS MU-RMAN COAST. Christian la, October 14. Recent Ministerial speeches are interpreted to indicate that Norway aspires to the possession of tho Murman coast.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. -, THE EVACUATION FROM NORTH RUSSIA HOW THE NEWSPAPERS HELPED. (Rec. October 15, 7.55 p.m.) London, October 14. Official: "General Sir Harry llawlinson's skilful co-ordination of plans enabled tho British withdrawal from North Russia to be carried out with scarcely any loss, alter blows had bsen struck wvcrely punishing the enemy on the Dvina and Lake Onega, thus facilitating Hio disengaging of our troops The local Russian forceV.wero left in an excellent condition to defend themselves, and the Russians .at Arelmngel' have undertaken an offensive since the British withdrawal. The military authorities are men indebted to the section of tho English Press for its repeated nsseveralions doubting the sincerity of t.hc Government's pnlicy of evacuation, and suggesting that an offensive into the interior wns likely. The iieivspapers thu.-> mystified tho Bpl.slieviki, creating; exactlv that atmosphere of uncertainty '■'.- (iiiircd for success."—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

BSRHONDT EXPLAINS , (Roc. October 15, 9.15 p.m.) Londw, October l'i The British Mission at Helsingfors reports that Bermond'j has addressed a Note to tho Allied Missions in'tho Baltic provinces alleging that the Bithonians and Letts commenced hostilities against his troops. Ho (liprmoiult) was, therefore compelled to take action in order to restore order. The message adds:—"There Is no truth in these statements. The Germans are using gas slioils, mid also bombing Riga. Tho Lflta blew up the bridges, and aro exchanging rifle shots with Iho Germans across th« driver. 'Esthoninn armoured trniiia liavo arrived mi .the Pskoff-Rign railway, and are replying to 'ieriimn artillery fire. , "The British Mission at Riga is safe. •' -Aiis.-N.Z. Cable Asbii.

BRITISH WABSIIIFS FIRED ON WHITE FLAG TREACHERY. (Kec. October 15) 10.10 p.m. London, October H. "The Time*" .Ho nil correspondent cabled on Octolier 1* Hint whilst BerinoiKlt R'lit a mr.ssnjie to the Allies nsking them to neuoUnta between him and the Letts his German artillery officers fired on the Allied warship*. Gvnnv.imler Tiidof immediately wirelessed: "The enemy has opened n well-directed fire. Stop it, or T will locate nnd destroy the linlleries." The war-snips returned Hip (ire, and acfordlna , to uiT unconfirmed report the Allies tlt"ii landed ijm! occupied part of IJign.—"The Times." ANOTHER INCIDENT, (l.'ec. October 1.1, (1.1.1 [i.ni.) London, October 11. The ""Dully Chroiiiele's" (Mgsi correspondent stiittw Unit (lolain'l Berknis fired «'• the while flats with which Horniondl, n> Sunday afternoon, attempied to opoii aj truce. A st?suner is : .u readiups? In iin- j port British rMwlc-nts fro:n Vi?a. A i shell 'slrucl; the vvspl on whii'i we>e liie.mlicfs of the Uritinh niisn : <in, !.■, t there ncre no cnsiwlliiH. Thn Cir-miin eiivm wnrnpd tlio Hrit>h (V'stroyor- to lenv tlr lmr')Oi!r on Suiii'.'y eveninj.', aniiouncini' that a, heavy bomlwrlmont was inimiii'-" ,, Cnrts collect bodies in the streeta. The besiegers nro reported to bo suffering

lioavy casualties, Two Gcrninn b/\iilinns attacked each other in Die darkness.—A us.-N.Z. Cablo Assil. VON DO GOT/I'/ DKLF.GATES HIS AUTHOIUTY. Berlin, October 11. A semi-official messuge stales (lint General von dor Goltz lias his cmiiinnnil to General Eberhardt. Ho is. expected in Berlin shortly.—Heuto , . LATEST NEWS OF THE SITUATION RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF EVENTS (Roe. October 10, 11..'15 p.m.) London, October ]■), A message from Copenhagen states that (ho Hussian situation is reaching a crisis with unexpected rapidity. General yudwiitoh is" fighting; twenty miles west of Giitchina, and is within forty miles (if Pptro.crad. Ho hopes to outer Petrograd in three weeks. Tho greater iiart of Riga is in flumes. The Germans r.ro still outside (lie (own, trying to negotiate with the Letts find the. Ksthonian?. Von dor Goltz or. jilondny swrendei'Ml his coinnianil to General lCberhardt. The "Daily Expims" correspondent with Denikin's right wing; says that Hie whole of the fijrhtiiiir is a puzzle, to soldjpra who fonslit in Trance. No <v digs in, and neither sido courts an encounter, but raids of mounted Cowacks are the rpal adventures, and theso aim : pivinj? the populations behind the He-'' Army s\ Hmnee of vising. Denilcin's army is now being reinforced by l>alteries of Runs inanni;(l by men drilled by Uritish officers. Their moral ia iinmoiisoiy i"creased by English, clothas and the pride taken in Knglfsh weapons.—Ans.-X.Z. Cable Assn.

SENSATIONAL BREAK THROUGH BY YDDENITCH

(Eec. October IG, 1.5 a.m.)

London, October IS.« Severe fighting continues on both tho Pol nigra d and Moscow fronts. Denikin's rapid advance in the neighbourhood of Oriel ciiuwd a panic amongst the Bolsheviki ,in Moscow. The Letts are apparently still holding out at Higu, defying Bermondt, who styles himself Prince Aviiloff, but the mo.«t renrational development is tlie breaking through in tho direction of Pe-trugrad of Yudenitch'!> north-west Russian army. Meanwhile, tho Esllumians advancing from Narva have reached Sfoloskovitslii, half-way between Ky.imburg and Gntchina. According to it djspatch from Jioval dated October 13, Yiuknitch's ofi'ensive opened with the capture of Ynmburg last week. His advance guard? under General .Glnseiiiipp, lock Voloisova, forlv miles eastward, on October 12, reaching the most advanced point of the June offensive, and capturing between (en and twelve thousand prisoners, an armoured train, and the staff of an artillery brigade. Simultaneously Yiideniich, striking successfully at tiie Bo'shevik main communications southward, is close to Lnga, and is reported to have recaptured PkljolF, after advancing fifteen- miles in twenty-four hours. The dispatch says that the '..-(Tensive continues amid a wave of patriotic enthusiasm o/i n front of one hundred miles. The Bolsheviki are everywhere panic-siriclicn. A Ilritish destroyer brousht six German merchantmen to Reval in the last two days.—Aus.-N.7i. Cable Assn. LETTISH GOVERNMENT RETURNS TO RIGA iKec. October 15, 11.30 p.m.) London, October 14. Thfl latest news lrom Riga states that tlm JjP.ttisli Government has returned to -the citv. and is making a big effort to Kccuro the co-operiition of the Baltic States against von der Gollz Tho situation, however, is most übscuie, although it is now clear that Colonel fiermondt, with \m Kusso-German army, never captured the wliole of Biga, but oulv tho suburbs on the south of the river, from which ho has now. been driven out. Burmondt seems .to be playing a. lone hand on behalf of the IJaliic barons.—Keuter.