RUSSIAN MIX-UP.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1919, Page 2

RUSSIAN MIX-UP.

'By Electric Telegraph—Conyright.)

KOLTCHAK’S ARMIES. November 10. The “Daily Eixpress” publishes a Toliio message from Omsk stating Koltchak’s retreating armies are murdering their officers.

RUSSIAN PRINCE’S PICTURES. LONDON, Nov. 11.

The “Daily 7 Chronicle” states that a Russian Prince ,eluding the Bolsheviks has imported two pictures by Rembrandt to England. He is offering to sell them privately, but he wants six hundred thousand pounds sterling for them.

BLOOD-CURDLING STORY. SYDNEY, Nov. 12

Mr Harold Tanner has arrived hero from Finland with the object of developing trade between Australia and Finland. He went to Finland, and as sisted in fighting the Bolsheviks in Finland. He gives a blood-curdling account of atrocities. He aserts the Bolsheviks favourite method was to nail whole families to tables, with spikes through their tongues, somie people being crucified in churches and others suspended by the feet till they died. Many had deep incisions cut in their bodies and salt rubbed into their wounds. Tho whole thing was too horrible for anyone to have imagined possible. Bolshevism in Russia degenerated into a bestial elemental stage when everyone had to fight to live.

RUSSIAN PROBLEM. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 10,

It is understod that the Russian problems will now be referred to the League of Nations when it meets. The League will, it is stated, give mandatories over the diff#fent sections of non-Bolshevik Russia .

It is suggested that England should get the mandate over north Russia. The United States and Japan are suggested as mandatories for Siberia, and Franco for Ukraine.

.It is said that the League, assisted by a Russian anti-Bolshevik Council fitting in Paris, will be able to direct operations against the Bolsliviks, without the necessity of granting recognition to any one of the Russian Goyernnjents which all desire recognition.