RUSSIAN MIX-UP
(Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.)
PETROGRAD CONDITIONS. 'Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, August »• A disguised Russian, who escape from service with the Bolsheviks is Lndon He states the German Soviets Ling »nvi»c.d of t!» > v rt " world-wide revolution. The • proudly proclaim the British withdraw nl as a defeat. Tlie remnant of the population in Petrograd are ly controlled, working unpaid, to! the Soviets and receiving a meagre meal daily. The city administration is reduced to the lowest state of lucfficiency. The factories are shut, exc P the munition works, where the political committee constantly mterfei w?th tf» management. The starved workers are cruelly speeded up. Intoxication is the sole rebel, an a-s a cohol is unprocurable, various suhsttutes are used, including mixtures of gasoline, petrol and ether.
MARCHING ON MOSCOW. PARIS, August 9. Reports from Rifjn, state General Deniken is marching on Moscow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1919, Page 3
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