THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 52, 25 November 1919, Page 7

THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA

PEASANT ARMIES TRYING TO JOIN DENIKIN MOSCOW SAID TO BE SURROUNDED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, November 21. At Petrograd the people aro precariously maintaining life by burning wooden houses, doors and road-blocks. Peasant armies from Astrakhan and Kaluga aro trying to break through to join Denikin. An unconfirmed message from Helsingfors reports that the Japanese are conducting secret negotiations with the Soviets. This tho Japanese Ambassadors emphatically deny. An unconfirmed roundabout message from Helsingfors declares that an army of insurgent peasants sacked Tobur and Ural ami now surrounds Moscow.—'"Tho Times." kolciiak'sletirement NOW 100 MILKTEAST OF OMSK. flicc. November 24, 10.25 p.m.) London, November 24. Air. Wilton reports from Riga that Kolchak lias arrived 1 with his staff at Tutarekoe. 0110 hundred miles' cast of Omsk. The army is retiring in good order.—United Service. BED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH BALTIC STATES. (Rec. Novomber 24, 11.55 p.m.) London, November 22. M. Litvinoff, 011 behalf of tho Bolshoviki, lias been discussing peace with tho Baltic States at Dorpat. Tho Estonians officially state that M. Litvinoff has offered as a guarantee of peace to surrender tho Bolshevik flcot in the Gulf of Finland, and to establish a neutral zone between Bolshevik Russia and the borded States.—Renter. RUSSIAN STOCKSJ)EPRESSED London, Novemlier 21. Sensational rumours are agitating dealers in Russian slocks, which after tho speculative rise in September, sank to the lowest on record.—"Tho Times."