RUSSIAN REVOLT

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1921, Page 2

RUSSIAN REVOLT

BY TELIiOItAI’II —I>HESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. ABSTRACT AN AND N.Z. C A lit JO ASSOCIATION. MO HP H ELSINGFORS NEWS. TON DON, March 8. Advices from Helsingfors state that 30,00!) sailors from the garrison troops are marching from Kronstadt to retrograd. It is stated the Soviet has sent some Chinese and other troops to oppose them, some of whom were dispersed by warship fire.

Accounts given in London describe Kerenesk.v (who is still in Paris) as the political leader of the revolt.

LONDON PRESS REPORTS. LONDON, March 8. The “Daily Express” states: The Petrograd and Moscow revolutions must be differentiated. The former represents a movement towards the ‘Right.’ The latter, at Moscow out-Bolsheviks Lenin.

j Repors from the frontier state heavy gun fire is audible in the direction of Krondstadt, which is replying to a bombardment. i The “Daily Telegraph’s” Copenhagen j and Riga correspondents confirm re- | ports that a portion of Petrograd is on lire.

j During the Petrograd lighting, Red forces are stated to have turned artillery from armoured ears upon work-

I Soviet leaders are becoming inereasi ings anxious as the Red troops’ loyalty to the Soviet is everywhere uncertain. I j CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ! LONDON, -March 7. ; A Warsaw correspondent advises that ' he is reliably informed from Riga that the position of the Soviet Government •is most serious. It is no longer a ques- ! lion of suppressing strike riots or quelling mutinous sailors. The Soviet is ' laced with a revolutionary army. Red troop are going to Petrograd from Moscow, but their defection is probable. Peasants revolts are formidable and are spreading at Tambolf, Yoronesh and Kursk, under the leadership ol Autoiu dff ,a former Red commander, wlm seized Grjazi. Savinkoll, President of the former Russian political committee says the revolts are premature, and may be sup- ■ pressed if unsuccessful. There is wot the slightest doubt before the summer there will be a peasant outbreak on the largest scale throughout Russia. Rei vnliitionnry feelings against- the antiCommunistx have been intensifying in

tii,. last two months. The success ol the rising depends on the capability of the Red Army. Suppression is unlikely as the morale of the inlantrv is at its worst. The overthrow ol Governnien is not expected, but it village risings occur 'throughout Rhissia, the towns are certain to follow.

RUSSIAN FIGHTING. A REGiMEXT WIPED OUT. (Received This Day at 9.45 n. 111.) HE USINGEORS, March 8. During the Moscow outbreak artillery on the hills overlooking the city opened a terrible bombardment on the workmen’s quarters and several hundreds were killed and ji large number wounded. The bombardment was due to the workmen’s leaders calling a general strike and demanding a Constituent Assembly. Over one hundred thousand are now on strike in Moscow. Soviet troops encountered Kronstadt forces at Vasilyostrov. A regiment attempting to outflank rebels marched on to the ice, whereupon the battleship Peropavalvsk fired, smashing the ice. resulting in the regiments’ annihilation. The Revolutionaries bombardment of Petrograd is in full swing. The Revolutionaries were reinforced Tchitcherin says the rebellion was not an officers’ revolt, but a popular movement aimed at securing a new Government, which wound defend the peasonts and fight the Soviet to the last.