RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 May 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

BROKEN PEACE TREATY. GERMANY'S EASTERN MARCH. LONDON, May 20. ■ A Russian wireless message states: The Germans in the Reval region violated the boundary fixed on March 6 and advanced eastwards, despite the protests of the Russian commander. The Foreign Commissary requested the withdrawal of the troops. White Guards at Helsingfors executed the Russian Fleet Commissary ( Jemtchujin), on the pretext that he was conducting a revolutionary campaign among the German marines_ The German commander replied to the protests of the Russian admiral that Jemtehujin had outlawed himself by inciting to mutiny, consequently his execution was exclusively the affair of the Germans. The Germans have occupied Bjorko, on the Gulf of Finland, south of Yiborg. CONCRETE HELP FOR RUSSIA URGED Received 9.45 a.m., WASHINGTON, May 21. Influential circles 'a're- urging 'thd United States Government to offer Rod Cross workers, money and troops to go to Russia. It is increasingly felt that Russia must be helped to resist German diplomatic advances. ♦ THE MOSCOW INSURRECTION SUPPRESSED. LONDON, May 20. It is officially announced that the anarchist movement in . Moscow has been completely suppressed. Eighty anarchist organisations have been dis. solved, and over 500 members arrested. Order has been established after severe gunfire, causing serious damage.

SPEECH BY LENIN. PETROGRAD, May 20. Lenin, in a speech,''epitomised his foreign policy, *say-Ings 7% ' ; tJntil a revolution has broken out in Western Europe, we must ihAnbeuvre, retreat, and jwait, .! v '.'V’7 “~rr~T POLAND UNDER tsE.' IRON HEEL. s » BERNE, May 20. - * The Germans in occupied Poland demanded the delivery of cattle and 30.000 pigs, : fifth! the. entire stock of the npjintrys M SERIOUS FOOD DISORDERS*v ; MOSCOW. May 20. i * C- 'Food ,hage ; -.pceurred at Pavlosky.' ' Peasants burned the Soviet’s building. Several members of the Soviet ,were burned to death. A detachment of Red Guards fired on the mob, thirty being killed or wounded. THE EX-CZAR. LONDON, May 20. A Moscow telegram states that a Bolshevik commission, presided over by Krylenko, ordered the trial of the ex-Czar, the charges including, causing the coup d’etat; changing the electoral law of the Duma, and illegally disbursing public funds. An escort of Lettish rifles have been sent to Tobolsk to bring the ex-Czar to Moscow. IN THE CAUCUSES. PETROGRAD, May 20. A telegram from Tiflis. dated May 12th, states tha. peace pourparlers between the Caucasus Diet and the Ottoman Government have been broken off, owing to the monstrous demands of the Turks, who immediately began an energetic offensive on the whole front. They occupied the town of Van, massacring the Armenian population. AN APPEAL TO WILSON. ON RUSSIA’S BEHALF. i Received 10.50 a.m. LONDON, May 21. The Daily Chronicle appeals to President Wilson not to delay in putting himself at the head of a more positive Allied policy for Russia, The paper suggests thta a Japanese army be sent to supply the nucleus for discipline and order, around which the forces of reconstruction in Russia would be able to rally. If the Allies do not assist the democracy the Germans will supply a nucleus for the reactionary! fores. Already the gallant Georgians are being squeezed Into surrender between German pressure in the Crimea, and Turkish pressure' in Armenia. The Allies ought to do something to save the Russians, Ukrainians and other nationalities from the hideous dilemma of German depotism or internal disorder, famine and bloodshed.