RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

REORGANISATION SPEEDING UP. AN ATTACK ON RUSSIA EXPECTED. ARMY ACTIVITY, Received March 25, 5.5 p.m. London, March 24. The Daily Chronicle's Petrograd correspondent states that the process of reorganisation is speeding tip with the utmost earnestness. The idea .is widespread thnt the swiftness of the retreat on the West front means that Field Marshal von Hindenburg is massing troops so as to take Russia unprepared. This has had a sobering effect, and many factories have resumed work. Recruits are drilling in the streets, shops and banks are open, and trains are running. It is astonishing that the city has so quickly recovered. The'army will shortly take the oath to serve the new Government. Newspapers are energetically calling attention to the war, and declaring that it must not be overshadowed in fervor by tyie desire for internal reform. Stockholm reports that M. Dakovitch, a member of the Duma, has been appointed Governor-General of* Finland. STIRRING UP THE PEOPLE. MINISTER 'PROCLAIMS .PETROGRAD THREATENED. SWARM OF SPIES AND TRAITORS. I J Rcuter Service. Received March 25, 11.35 p.m. Petrograd, March 24. M. Gutchoff, Minister for War and the Navy, has issued a proclamation to the effect that the enemy is threatening Petrograd, and is concentrating reinforcements, munitions, and food on the Northern front. Petrograd is swarmmg with spies and traitors, who are nefariously operating among all classes, professions, and) trades, in all kinds of uniform as disguises. He urges all citizens to be prudent and not to betray any secrets of national defences. RUSSIANS PRESSED BACK. KERIND OCCUPIED Received March 25, 0.5 p.m . London, March 24. A wireless Russian official re.poif states:—-The enemy attacked between the rivers Sulcha and Cehwanich, causing us to withdraw for two-thirds of a mile eastwards. We occupied Kerind on March 17, which,the Turks set on fire and destroyed. A WARNING TO THE CZAR. BY EXILED GRAND DUKE, Times Service Received March 25, 5.5 p.m, March 24. An extraordinary ietter written by the. Grand Duke Nicholas Milulovith to the Czar in November has been published. It contains a warning to the Czar that intriguers were using his wife as an instrument, and says:—"Often didst thou tell me thou wuld'st put faith in none, and that this applies particularly to the wife who, loving thec, yet led theo into error, being surrounded by evil-minded intimates." Nicholas was exiled in December for telling the Czar the truth, and denouncing the monk Rasputin. NEW REGIME ACCEPTED. EMPEROR AND EMPRESS ISOLATED A PRECAUTIONARY MEASUEE. Received March 25, 5.5 p.m. Petorograd, March 24. The Government's .proclamation states that the whole of Russia, including Finland, the Caucasus, Turkistan, and Siberia, has joined the new regime. The, coup-de.-maln only deprived Russia of 2000 killed and wounded. It lias been deemed necessary to isolate the Eihperor and Empress at the Castle of Tsarskoeselo, in order to prevent a counter revolution or monareliial propaganda. THE IPASSING OF NIHILISM. Received March 25, 11.40 p.m. Petrograd, March 24. As the result of the revolution, the Nihilist party has dissolved. NEW GOVERNMENT "RECOGNISED. Petrograd, March 23. The English, French and Italian Ambassadors have conveyed to the Foreign Office recognition of the Provisional Government. They asked for a formal reception when "Sir George Buclunan, the British Ambassador, ha? recovered from an aiiaok of influenza. Washington, March 23. The State Departm»:i: has anno'in'.'e.l its formal recognition of the nev/ I!\: sian Government. , IMPORTANT SUCCESSES. London, Mar ' .2° A wireless Russian official i i tays: In the direction of Lida c ' ter-attacks regained the trene, t yesterday. We drove tho enemy -i ihe stations at Vedeni and Halt tho region of Brailor. We dislodged the Turks from pu .tions near Chaiezia, and oceui "' All i bad, near Kerinda, after a sixteen liouis .battle, "* •'