RUSSIAN REVOLT

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1921, Page 2

RUSSIAN REVOLT

SY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. 0 . AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. GABLE ASSOCIATION, j REDS BOMBARDING KRONSTADT. ! i LONDON, March ( J. \I According to Petrograd reports, some of the guns first shelled Kronstadt and then suddenly switched on to Petrograd. It is not known whether this was tl due to any change of sympathies, or to s fuller information. The fore guns are now shelling Kron- t< stadt, which is int6rpreted to mean that the Reds have captured the former d city. 0 The original sentiments at Petrograd have been restored. t a PETROGRAD CAPTURED. c (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. c The “Times” Riga correspondent r states revolutionaries have captured j Petrograd. Bolshevik leaders escaped-, s PSKOFF FORTRESS FALLS. . LONDON, March 10 Official circles in London have received reports of the crtpitualation of Pskoff fortress, also Bologoye fortress, between Petrograd and Moscow. RUSSIAN CONGRESS. STATEMENT BY LENIN. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, March 10 A Moscow wireless report says the All Russian Congress opened on Tuesday. Lenin, in an address, admitted mistakes were made in the food distribution, while the fuel crisis was due to trying to restore industrial life on too large a scale. They had over estimated the transition from war to peace. Economics was the most important question at present. Tt was the relation between workers and the predominating peasant class. The international situation was defined by the exceedingly slow development of the world’s revolutionary movement, and they could not consider its speedy victory as affecting our policy. Therefore i n view of the fact, the Soviet Government had raised the question of necessity, by coming to an agreement with the Bourgeoise Governments, and gtanting concessions to foreigners. Lenin minimised the Kronstadt incident, hut admitted it had compelled Government ' to consider seriously the internal situation. They must meet the desires of peasants, who consider the statements involved too great a sacrifice, -'•imilarlv concessions must he made to the industrialists. Lenin emphasised 1 the difficulties of directorship over the proletariat met with in Russia, which j.e considers as a petty bourgeoise country.