RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 May 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

SERBIA FAVOURS ALLIED INTERVENTION. LONDON, April ?9. The latest Petrograd advices, dated Tuesday, do not confirm the rumours from Stockholm of the restoration of the monarchy in the person of the Czarevitch, /Which Russian circles ;n Sweden anticipated as a probable German move. Petrograd messages describe fierce fighting in Finland and between the White and Red Guards. Several trainloads of dead and wounded Reds arrived from Tersoki, while Viborg is cut off. Russian troops have been ordered to resist the troops from Finland crossing the border. The,commissioners have ordered the disarmament of troops of the Governments of Kursk and Crimea. A Siberian Provincial Government proclamation urges the establishment of solid relations with the Allies, and recognises the necessity for the in- ’ troduction of foreign troops in the Far East of Siberia, pending the establishment of a fixed Government in Russia. MORE TROUBLE IN RUSSIA. COUNTER-REVOLUTION'S DEMANDS ——T— Received 8.45 a.m. COPENHAGEN, April 30. The “Aflonblade” learns from Finland that the new counter-revolution Government at Petrograd refuses to recognise or accept the Brest Litovsk ] pea'ce, and demands new peace terms, including the revision of Esthonia, which is to remain under Russian rule WHITE GUARDS MARCHING ON PETROGRAD. AIDED BY GERMANS. VIBORG CAPTURED. " ■ SITUATION OBSCURE. Received 9.40 a.m. ’’;n LONDON, April 30., ! 'J'fye political situation in Russia ,;is obscure. Newspapers here are suspended. Germans in Finland are doctoring and delaying news from Petrograd preparatory to some mew coup. ) The Daily Express features a Petro- ' grad message, dated 23rd, stating the entire Red Army has been'ordered to the frontier against’the Finnish White Guards, who are making efforts to occupy Petrograd. 1 Germans justify the occupation on the ground that the Red Army is still aiding the Finnish Red Guards. Germans are supporting the White Guards, who are now within eight-five miles of Petrograd. General Schwartz, the original captor of Przesmysl, r iso superintending the defence of Petrograd. U . Ukraine’s relations, with Berlin are drifting towards a rupture. ’ COPENHAGEN, April" 30.. It is officially reported the White Guards have captured Viborg, killing nearly the entire garrison of six thousand Red Guards. CHRISTIANIA, April 30. The situation of the Red Guards in Southern Finland is critical. The Germans have captured Tavastihus, and Mannerheim reached Helsingfors on Saturday. RUSSIA MAY RE-ENTER THE WAR GOOD NEWS, IP TRUE. Received 10.40 a.m. NEW YORK, April 30.

The United Press Petrograd correspondent reports the Russians are preparing to re-enter the war. The plan of the Executive Council has been adopted for universal military training between the ages of sixteen and forty; conscription of all workers and peasants. Military experts and the best army officers are to be called into service. The plans are expected to furnish a large army in ten months. Allied representatives who attended the Council meeting of the Soviet Government are charged with aiming at their own preservation and not defending Russia, THE RUSSIAN SITUATION. IS MONARCHY TO BE RESTORED? LONDON, April 29. The German Government has taken up Swedish reports of disturbances in Petrograd and the restoration of the monarchy. Herr Bussehc, Foreign Undcr-Secreitaryt, has telegraphed to Herr Mirbach (Ambassador at Moscow), He mentions the Swedish reports, and says he has received a letter from Petrograd, dated April 13th, stating that, a monarchist pronunciation is imminent, and that Alexieff, Gutchkoff, Miliukoff and Eodzigko are in Petrograd. Herr Bussehe suggests that the reports are,not improbable, and asks for a telegraphic reply.