THE BOLSHEVIKS.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 September 1919, Page 6

TH E BOLSHEVIKS.

. C? E BRITAIN AND —THE NORTH-WEST GOVERNMENT. ‘ A SECRET TREATY PUBLISHED. . PARIS, Sept._.B. ~ The papers publish a.secret treaty between the British and the North-West, Government, suggesting that the Allies . new recognise this as the real Russian I Government, "transferring power from j Koltchak to «Lianozoff and Yudenitch. ' Apart from the supply of munitions and ‘ ;food.,'the treaty aims at facilitating recruiting among prisoners of war now in. Germany on behalf of the NorthWest Government_. The treaty promisesscredit of a billion roubles for the [ purchase of machinery necessary forl ‘the\re—.b-irth of industry. Russia, in 0 return, recognises Britain’g -special in- J 1;e1-est in the Baltic, acknowledges the‘ debts of the Russian Empire, and pro. , gzises not to enter into important com- 1 mercial relationships with Germany‘ while the billion iredit continues. It also promises to institute a democratic,‘ regime based on universal. suffrage. ‘ General Gough has. returned from . the Baltic. He ‘refuses to make a‘ statement. The “Daily News” says there is good ground for saying the is opposed to further intervention. ; " I ' FRENCH ADVICE. { A PARIS, Sept. 8. M. Roussét, in the “Petit Parisien,’.[ advocates the Allies digging in i'l'Oil-_ the White Sea and abandoning their efforts to reach Petrograd and 3403-; cow.‘ ' . ' 3 ‘ —--—:u RUSISIAN IJEADER.’S VIEWS. ‘ - LONDON, Sept. 9. ' ‘The “Daily E’xp‘ress"’s.” Reval cor-g respondent interviewed Yuden‘-.tc':i, who stated: “My army is hungry, rag- t ged, practically barefoot-ed, and withcut. tobacco, while the Bolsheviks number 45,000 and are well cquippgerl, and have abundant artillery aiiu I machine—guns and ammuniton. Petrogard cannot be taken without generous 1 material support from the Allies and I the coo-peration of the Esthoniuns I and Lianozoff, who is g, wealthy cil fitzerchallt at the lieacl of the North- 1 .'West Government.” Yudenitch cnl~ phasised the diflicultiesin persuading ‘ the Esthonians to advance beyouill {their frontier. Lian_Czoff. hopes to secure Allied recognition. He pm‘ sfosses optimism’ regarding the fall of . Petrograd, but his colleagues admit the outlook is not promising. Yurlen—itch hopes for success before the winter, (lying. or dead. . ' l g'§,?"." ' ‘ an-_-tr-o IMPORTANT succnss AGAINST . THE BOLSHEVIKS. LONDON, Sept_ 3; l The Omsk correspondent of the “Times”. says that Oii.erich’s third‘ army scored an important success, routing two Red divisions, reliresemfing half the enemy's f:)I‘G(!S. opposing Sarakov. The Bolsehviks fell ‘into a. trap While planning a flank attack. The achievement is regarded as a prehide to an extensive anti-Bolsheviks thrust, in Which Cssoacks are pledge»! to render exceptional SOl-\.rices_