RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 June 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS .IN SIBERIA. Received 8.45 a.m. HARBIN, June 7. General Senienoff, who, owing to dissensions at Harbin, left for Siberia on the 29th of May. reports that the Bolsheviks crossed the river, Onon, and strongly pressed their attacks, which were stopped. An Austrian and German cavalry brigade and four companies of infantry threaten Semenoff's communications. FINLAND'S FATE. GERMAN VISE CLOSING. STOCKHOLM, June 8. The "Lokal Anzeiger" denies that the German agreement with Finland means the establishment of a monarchy, placing the Finnish army under German officer*. Meanwhile the German, Colonel Rederm ,has been appointed chief of staff. He has begun to reorganise the Finnish army under German instructors. General Mannerheim has been pensioned. His treatment is causing much ill-feeling. Many oppose a monarchy, dreading subjection to a German prince. They say: "If we "must I '"have a king, let it be Mannerheim, not a German junker.* GERMANS IN SIBERIA. LONDON. June 8. A Harbin correspondent states that the Bolsheviks' forces am concentrating against SeminofF, including 100.000 Austro-Gerimtns, ■ • in Siberia. ,' ; - . ''■