THE RUSSIAN MIX UP.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1918, Page 3

THE RUSSIAN MIX UP.

:PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] A MUTINY. • f “reuter’s” telegram.] Received, this dav at 8.45 a.m. AMSTERDAM, Sep. 22. According to German papers, the recent Bolshevik’s defeat on the northern front was due to a mutiny ,the Lettish regiments refusing to fight the British. THE POLISH QUESTION. (Received This Day at P. 15 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Sop. 22. Semi-official Berlin telegrams say negotiations by Germany and AustriaHungary regarding Poland is still resultless. Germany, as before, rejects the so-called Austro-Polisli solution. . CZECHOSLOVAKS ADVANCE. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 21. The Czccho-Slovaks National Council anounccs the Czccho-Slovaks troops are being rushed from Central Siberia to the assistance of their companions on the Volga Front, who are hard pressed by the' Bolshevik forces officered by Germans and reinforced by German soldiers. The Council of Officials point out this movement probably means an ultimate advance on Moscow.

ARRESTS IN RUSSIA. (Received This Dav at 12.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 21. Mr Dosch Pleurot cables from .Stockholm that scores of Russians were arrested at Moscow because they attempted to visit the United States Consulate, bv agents of extraordinary Commission against the counter revolution. These innocent prisoners are held n 8 hostages, and will probably be shot by order “of the Bolsheviks. Russians were accompanied by their wives who attempted to visit the American Consul, Mr Poole, in Moscow, while lie wa s in gaol, were arrested. An attempt to obtain the release of the women was futile.

BAKU ABLAZE. _ (■Received This Dav ar ‘■'On a.m.l AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22. The Russian Embassy at Berlin learns the Turks have occupied Baku. The town is ablaze and there are continuous explosions.

RED RUSSIA. ri.oxnox TIMES SERVICE —COPYRIGHT] (Received This Day at 0.25 a.m.) CHRISTIANIA, Sept. 22 Fugitives who have arrived from Moscow say the Bolsheviks show intense hatred of the British. All between IS and 45 are now likely to bo retained N It is feared there will be the equivalent to wholesale massacre. Germans everywhere are unmolested.

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 22. It is reported from Russia that ay off, leader of the Cadets has formed a new party, aiming at a constitutional programme of monarchy. RUSSIAN PROTEST. r “lsEU’ri.R’s’' TELEGRAM.] (Received This Day, at 0.25 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22. \ meeting of members of the Russian Duma aud Imperial Council held at Kieff resolved to issue a manifesto appealing to all Governments in Evn-o-pe to end the Bolshevik terror. Inc Ukrainian Cabinet lias decided to send a protest to all countries against the arrest and shooting, of Ukrainians m Russia.