RUSSAN MIX-UP

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1919, Page 3

RUSSAN MIX-UP

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) fAUSTRALIAN # -N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION

BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS (Received this day at 10. Id a.m.)

t*. CHRISTIANIA, August 23. ' The “Tidens Tegn’s” correspondent on the Murman Coast, states large British transports laden with troops and ammunition are arriving daily. The arrivals outnumber those leaving homewards.

BED TROOPS SURRENDER COPENHAGEN, August 23,

The Esthonian Press Agency announces a regiment of Red Troops in Pedtsevk district surrendered without fighting; also that the former Comman-der-in-Chief of the Red Army in Livonia, surrendered to the Lettish Government.

. A GENERAL’S REPORT. (Received this dnv at 10.15 a.;" ' HELSINGFORS, August 22

General Blakovitcb predicts that Petrograd will be captured before October. He believes half the Rod Army is awaiting a- favourable opportunity to surrender. His advance awaits further war material from the Entente.

KHARKOFF HORRORS. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.?

A correspondent in South Russia gives an eye-witness’s account of scenes in Kharkoff, following its recapture from the Bolsheviks. Tens of thousands of people crowded the vicinity of buildings, many of which were found literally crowded with corpses and bloodstained clothing. The walls were spattered with blood. All the victims had been tortured. Pits six feet deep close to the houses contained forty bodies. Strips of skins were torn off some of these bodies and others had nails driven into their heads or ribs. In another pit fourteen bodies, including that of a woman, all bore terrible indications of torture. One man and a woman had been buried alive, after their mouths were filled with earth and tongues jammed between their teeth. Terrible scenes of grief occurred as members of the crowd recognised their relatives among the victims.

AN ATROCITY. LONDON, Aug. 22

Advice received states that when exBolsheviks occupied Armovar, in Armenia, they hauled down the flag of the Persian consulate and shot down the Consul, though he was wearing his offiial uniform, mutilated his body and looted the buildings, taking much' valuable property. They also machine-gun-ned six hundred Persian Mohammedans, and twenty-two Christians, who were sheltering in the Consulate, killing or wounding tht?m en masse.

A GERMAN MOVE. PARIS, Aug. 22.

‘ The Peace Council informed all concerned that Germany is entitled to maintain order in Upper Silesia. Intil the ratifientin of the Peace Treaty, Polish troops cannot he allowed to entei the country unless requested by Germany.