RUSSIA.
BOLSHEVIKS GOING HOME. LONDON, Sept 25. Litvinoff (Bolshevik Ambassador to London), accompanied by 54 compatriots, is leaving London for Russia tonight. TEN THOUSAND MURDERED. Advices from Petrograd state that it is estimated the Bolsheviks have killed a total of 10,000 in Petrograc*. In one day they ordered the execution of 72 officers without specifying their names. A number of British and French officers have taken refuge in the American Consulate under Norway’s protection. The Bolsheviks posted guards round the building and demanded the surrender of the officers, but did not enter the Consulate.
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Taihape Daily Times, 27 September 1918, Page 5
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94RUSSIA. Taihape Daily Times, 27 September 1918, Page 5
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