RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

RUSSIANS RETIRE. COT COUNTERATTACK. fieceived Aug. 24. 10 p.m. London, Auj.'. 24. Wireless Russian oiiieiah We retired tinier pressure in the direction of T;ikImm. The enemy penetrated trends: at Zborygh. A coun<er-attai.k drove nut Ihe enemy, who occupied a be<ht north•vest of Janlovetz. A count, r-att.uk restored the position. Fighting continues ts the direction of Okna. The Roumanians repulsed attacks on Soveia. The Germans unsuccessfully attacked in the direction of Foce&nL PURGING PETROGRAD. (DRSSriCHEASUBES. Received Ad?. 24, i 0 p.m. Aug. 24. ! The authorities are takinir urastic measures to clear Petrograd of undesirlUea, and to that end arc evacuating ehaiitable institutions, deporting oid gendarme* and secret police and other dangerous elements, sending ir.any to the fror f , who were v. n>nL'iv exempte', ami xtrktly limiting the ;*>p!i!»'.;on. The elections for tiie constituent assembly have been postponed from .September 30 to November The a»lamblf meets on December 11. I WPORTANT CONFERENCES JfO AttRBF. UPON A COMMON POLICY Received August 25, lis ajn. I.jii'i J!i. .Aup. 24. Tie Daily Chronicle's IVtrojjraJ torrc■poodent states that an important series 0i conferences will meet at Mo-cow. The | Boat important opens on Saturday, re- . presenting the Leninites, the Workers' and Soldiers' Council, the Peasants' Council, and all other representative organisations, the de'ejrates tota'iini' two thousand, and 11. Iveren=ky pre.-idins. Ministers will report cm the military. lllWOciai, iuu;i -Lrii 1 and FiTanan situation!. The preliminary conference. including 1L Ktwh'iaiiko, '..tut:'.!- Al.-xiefT lad Brusiloff, it. Yu-A-'nioi-. M. Kaledin and representatives of the various interests and class*#, i? now ,irav in? up retentions tor submission to .".-auird-r. s ; congress. !t i* hoped to fin.i n p''!i-y no- , eept.tJ»le to Socialists and niMdle cir.i.-es. AMERICAN lt£UP Washington. Aup. 25. rbcre i« much speculation and some disquietude to th*: ;rl\k'*s from Russia. vhiel. ihpw thst lit »noe of tile Unite] >i noeJr President Wit-on in c.wioi ;• r.. c j.t.in* to help to reV.'i'u the economic ttru-ture :>f Russia. *sd th;;- >-n-nr - 'poll's for the armies. Russian KmU»»#v cfT:c.a!- > now ai'mit tli.i.. lii ufdi • - cinnot t>" sheeted to rentii" the offensive oa a large scale until help is received. LETCaiTSKY'S -\'L>V COMMAS). Pel retrod, A >l7. 23. General Letchit-..;y, r v'.iy comiamdtag the Russian veslern front, has h"en appointed Commandcr-in-Clucf on tho northern front. London. Aug. 23. A Roumanian coi.!K>!n:<!'«e says: J Enemy attach - lui/th of iK' Susila Valley »li»h ,! y ft.r.c.l i:.: Im.v but dadiing counter-attack] drove thv enimiv liaeli as far as the Su ita Valley and Satuma. smith-west cf I'-andin. Violent enemy attach* between Maneia and Tirpuo:na were driven back almoat everywhere i:.