RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 5 September 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE RIGA FRONT.

AN ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD. PARIS, September 4. All public buildings in Riga have been evacuated for many months. The inhabitants have diminished to 100,000 It is reported that ten Germon divisions are on the Riga front, intending to advance on Pskor and Pctrograd. RIGA CAPTURED. LONDON, September 4. Wireless German official.—Riga has been taken. LONDON, September 3. Wireless Russian Official. —The Riga region has been abandoned, owing to the threatening situation. NESWS CAUSES GRAVE .CONCERN. LONDON, September 3. The decision to abandon Riga was received with the gravest concern by th 4 Anglo-Russian community. It is hoped the danger to Pctrograd will yet unite all parties. .MORE FOOLISHNESS. PETROGRAD, September 3All the armies represent at the Moscow Congress recommend the appointment of military commissioners to the headquarters on every front in order to raise the fighting spirit and secure democratic re-organisation. They also recommend appointment under the War Minister’s presidency, of a military council for the purpose of enlightening and interesting the whole army at the front and rear. GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE. PETROGRAD, Sept. 4. Mr. Wilton report that the Extremist element have regained the upper hand in the Council of Ministers and are displaying the greatest activity in all cities in Russia. Repeated acts of arson in Pctrograd and Kazan reveal ominous signs of the recrudescence of the Maximalist campaign. The Government anticipate serious disturbances. Armoured cars are held in readiness in Pctrograd for any emergency. The situation as a whole has not improved since the Moscow Conference. Irresponsible forces of anarchy arc dominating the Government. Precious time is being wasted with futile bickerings. Korniloff has been constrained to take personal measures to ensure a supply of food for the army and is ordering forcibile appropriation of cereals from the peasants. GERMANY’S SUBMARINE FLEET. .COPENHAGEN, Sept 4 The Tidenstegu says a well informed correspondent reports that U boats now number 300, including 1500-ton submarine cruisers with a crew of from 40 to 50 and carrying upwards of fifty torpedoes and many shells. Some are fitted as mine layers.