FACTIONS IN RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 24 August 1918, Page 2

FACTIONS IN RUSSIA.

BOLSHEVIKS UNPOPULAR. WAR WEARY PEASANTS. LONDON, ugust 11. A Berlin message received in Copenhagen states that in view of the Leit Social Revolutionaries' threats Dr. Helfferich, the German diplomatic representative, has ordered the removal of the German Embassy from to Pskoff

Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that, according to German correspondents, JVL Lenin, when addressing the executive of the Soviets at Moscow, said that the fatal plans cf Anglo-French Imperialism could only be frustrated if the Czecho Slovaks

:.nd their anti-revolutionary partisans ia the Volga, the Urals, and Siberia vere crushed. "This," he aaued, "is the most urgent task of the revolution. Hence, the war weariness of the people must be combated." M. Trotsky contrasted the enthusiasm of the Czecho Slovaks with the apathy of the Soviet troops, and complained of the lack of officers. He said that the time had come when the master Russian officers and those not adhering to the Red Army should Be sent to concentration camps. Those serving the Soviets were often unreliable. Every commander mu"sf""oe tvatched by commissaries \Vith revolvers in hand, and if he wavers he must be shot on the spot. The rival Governments at Vladivostok are negotiating with a view to amalgamation. They intend to ask Cor foreign recognition of the new Government, in" order to combine against the Germans. The Siberian peasants and workers are tired of the Bolsheviks. They resemble the majority of Russians in hiting war, and desiring only security for small possessions, and the subdivision of all land capable of being seized from the propertied classes.

General Horvat, who has proclaimed himself head of the Provisional Government of Omsk, proposes to introduce conscription. The Government suggests voluntary enlistment. The majority of the people hate the ideu of conscription, but voluntarism might result in the arming of multitudes of Bolsheviks and others who are not to be trusted.

The idea of forming a real Russian army is not possible of realisafTon "dm till the intervention of the Allies is on a more extensive scale than at present contemplated. Meanwhile, it is useless to expect serious military action among the Russians themselves. The situation in North Russia is satisfactory. A supreme directorate for the northern region has been established. The populace is enthusiastic . The Bolsheviks are withdrawing, and the Allies are pushing down the railway towards Vologda. The Bolsheviks are doing their utmost to overwhelm the Czechs before the Allies' succour "arrives.

It is. reported that Germany 'has agreed not to further advance on tne east front, enabling the Bolsheviks zo concentrate in the Volga region against the Czechs. The. situation at Baku is precarious. The Turks arc advancing against the determined to exploit the country for their own benefit.

Reuter's Agency at Harbin reports that another Siberian Government has been formed at Omsk, isolating Vladivostock. The Government is quently strengthening the position of

General Horvat in Eastern Siberia. Horvat is sending reinforcements to General Seminoff, who is threatened with -being cut off by the AustroGermans Invading China. The Austro