RUSSIAN REVOLT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 146, 16 March 1921, Page 5

RUSSIAN REVOLT

TROTSKY’S TROOPS BEATEN BACK IN ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE KRONSTADT (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Paris, March 14. The Kronstadt rebels beat back Trotsky’s picked troops in their repeated attempts to recapture tho island. A whole regiment of Reds crossed the ice and joined the rebels. Kronstadt has declared itself an independent Soviet Republic. Helsingfors. March 14. It is reported that General Budeny’s cavalry was ordered northward, but joined the rebels and assisted in capturing Orel. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Copenhagen, March 14. Advices from Riga state that Trotsky is bringing up heavy howitzers to Oranienbaum, which has teeji made the base of the Bolshevik attack on Kronstadt. The men at th® aviation station at Kolssov attempted to join the rebels, and it is reported that forty-four of the men. were executed. Trotsky asserts that Lettish, Finnish, and Esthonian sailors are responsible for the rebellion. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. revolutionarieTand REDS SHORT OF FOOD PETROGRAD AND MOSCOW THREATENED WITH FAMINE. j (Rec. March 16, 1.35 a.m.) ’ London, March 14. "The Times” Stockholm correspondent states that the intention to march the rebels against Petrograd has teen postponed. It is announced that it will take place in combination with a similar movement from the south. This probably is due to the food situation, which is most critical in the case of both tho revolutionaries and the Reds. A nessenger from Kronstadt has arrived in Finland endeavouring to obtain immediate supplies. Petrograd is threatened with famine. There Is an rtmosphere of general distrust and fear that supplies from the provinces will hot reach the starving population. Moscow claims that two forts at Kronstadt have teen destroyed by fire from Petrograd. The cruiser Sevastopol has moved to the outer harbour to silence Krasna, Jagorka. whence the fire is feeble and irregular. —“The Times." Copenhagen, March 14. The situation at Moscow is reported to te extremely critical. Owing to tho complete absence of coal, famine is at tho door—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REVOLT OF CASPIAN FLEET BOLSHEVIK COMMISSARS THROWN OVERBOARD. (Rec. March 15, 8.45 p.m.) Riga, March 15. Advices from Moscow state that the Caspian fleet has revolted. Bolshevik Commissars have been thrown overboard. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIAN EMBASSY AT ROME TSAR’S REPRESENTATIVE REFUSES TO QUIT. Rome, 'March 14. Vorowski, the new Soviet Ambassador, has arrived. The Tsar’s former representative refuses to hand over the Em-bassy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A.sn. RUSSIA’S GOLD POLAND’S SHARE FIXED AT PEACE CONFERENCE. Riga, March 14.

The Russian and Polish Peace Conference has decided that Poland's share of Russia’s gold shall te thirty million gold roubles, plus a similar sum in respect of rolling stock remaining in Poland. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.