RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 May 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

J RUSSIA MASSING TROOPS. i. Received 8.45 a.'m. '' STOCKHOLM, May 5, The- Aftonblachi states that the Russians have massed considerable troops on the Finnish borders. Great events are expected. Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON, May 5. Latest advices from the Ukraine state that violent fighting occurred between the new government and.old Bada. The real meaning of the latest developments is variously interpreted. The theory widely held is that Germany instigated the overthrow of the Rada, finding hopes from the Brest Litovsk peace treaty, and especially food so bitterly disappointing. Bolsheviks in Petrograd assume the Germans arc the real controllers of the situation at Kieff. KERENSKYS' CABINETEERS RELEASED. Received 9.10 a.m. PETROGRAD, May 5. Members of the Kerensky Cabinet, who were imprisoned in the Peter and Paul fortress, have been released. The Bolsheviks have abandoned them and can govern Russia without the hetp of any other parties. FINLAND. CAMPAIGN FINISHED. Received 9.10 a.m. COPENHAGEN, May 5. German generals consider the Finland campaign is finished, and the last shattered remnants of the Red Guards are concentrated near Kotca, surrounded by the White Guards. GLOOMY VIEW OF RUSSIAN SITUATION. Received 10.20 a.m. " LONDON, May 5. The New York Times' Paris correspondent says the Allied officials returning from Russia fake $, gloomy view of the , Russian situation, and point out the one bright spot is that Germany will : continue...to.i have difficulty. -. .... ~.,-..,., A capitalist here "says:- Of the 1,500,000 German prisoners in Russia, Germany will not get back under arms more than ten per cent. In Kieff Bolsheviks murdered 1048 Russian officers in ./one' day. There have been many murders-in Petrograd. ARRIVAL OF UKRAINE FOODSTUFFS IN GERMANY. Received 10 a;m. AMSTERDAM, May 5. Official advices state that the first trainloads of grain from Ukraine have arrived in Germany, and bread rations have been postponed. RUSSIA'S ROYAL FAMILY REMOVED. Received 10 a.m. ' MOSCOW, May 5. The ex-Czar, Tsarina, and one daughter, according to a Soviet announcement, have been transferred to Kateringburg owing to alleged efforts of the peasants and monarchists at Tobolsk to promote their escape. The Tsarevich is not mentioned.