RUSSIAN MIX-UP

Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1920, Page 2

RUSSIAN MIX-UP

fAUSTRALIAN & N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION] HON CHURCHILL’S OPINION. LONDON, Jan. 28. Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill has an article in tE% “ Sunday Herald,” dealing with Russia. He asserts The nations of the world should expel all Bolsheviks. They ought to be collected and confined in separate areas on the earth’s surface, and left to practice their diseased theories at- each others’ expense. They ought to be deprived of liberty to assassinate princes, starve the middle-classes, and exploit the toiling millions.”

- PEACE WITH RUSSIA. LONDON, Jan 29. Seventeen leaders of the moderate ‘lection of the Labour- Party, including Messrs Clynes, Thoma, Brace. Bowerman have issued a manifesto advocating an immediate and complete peace with the Russian Government. r l I icy believe that as they represent moderate Labour, the appeal will have considerable weight.

RUSSIA S’ SUMMARY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 29. An authoritative weekly summary says the Bolsheviks are widely distributing a proclamation amqpgst tlje troqps dividing thq whites into two categories; first, capitalists, their sons and officers; second, those like Cossacks who are anti-Bolshevik because they are ignorant. A proclamation urges the cessation of unnecessary killing of the latter, but re-emphasises it is necessary to exterminate the first.

The Lefts continue tp advance across the narrow isthmus. At present they have stemmed the Bplshpviks apd occppied Elisaviggrad. The Don army is maintaining pos}? tions on the Sal and Don in face pf vigorous attempts to force a pgssngp. The Russian retreat continues mostorderly. The Red cavalry are gaining slowly at the cost of severe losses. The fighting spirf qf Depjkep's ippn bps re T viveef- S LONDON, Jan. 28. A Lettish official report proclaims another victory, the Bolsheviks retreating oil the whole front. Letts have readied the Lett-Russian frontier in many placet. Harbin messages state the Bolsheviks offered the Czechs repatriation, on condition that they surrendered Koltchak, gold an‘4 military supplies. They threw Koltcliak to the lions, but still hold the golcl. A Polish division murdered its officers and then joined the Bosheviks.

Mongols have deserted Seminoff whose force is reduced to two thousand Cossacks. The situation ilgUssure qnd Amur regions could pot-bp worse. Bo} r sheviks are everywhere triupipliant, owing to the collapse of Koltcbak. Praptically the whole population is ready tq accept Boshevism.