REVOLT IN RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 132, 28 February 1921, Page 5

REVOLT IN RUSSIA

WORKERS REBEL AGAINST CENTRAL SOVIET WARSHIP CREWS MUTINY By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. February 27, 11.5 p.m.) Helsingfors, February 26. Workers revolting against the Central Soviet have occupied all the public buildings in Petrograd, which the Red Army has now encircled. The crews of six warships at Kronstadt have mutinied and murdered several commissioners. The Soviet troons are unable to cope with the mutineers, and the Government is seeking a peaceful settlement with them. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TROOPS IN MOSCOW JOIN INSUR- . GENTS. (Rec. February 27, 11.5 p.m.) London, February 27. The "Sunday Express’s’’ Riga correspondent states that mutinous Red troops are joining the insurgent workers at Moscow, where fierce street fighting continues. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MARTENS’S DEPORTATION FROM AMERICA. (Reo. February 27, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, February 26. Tho United States Labour Department has announced the cancellation of the order for the deportation of Martens (Soviet "Ambassador”), who has already reached Russia. It is stated that, the cancellation is merely a matter of courtesy; it does not permit him to return. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. February 27, 11.5 p.m.) Washington, February 26. The Senate has passed a resolution asking Mr. Palmer whether the cancellation of tho Martens deportation order is justified.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.