RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

ENEMY PIJRT RAIDED, CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. Received Aug. 2S, 11.10 p.m. London, Aug. 28. Wireless Russian officinl: Co-operathig i i with the fleet, we .raided a port in the Black Sea. The euemy fired from their s hospitals. We blew up eleven motor J boats and seven feluccas. ~' * I WELCOME TO KORNILOFF. 1 AN APT REPLY. Petrograd, Aug. 27. General Korniloff received an ovation at Moscow. Replying to tiio spceehes of welcortie, he s«id Iki rejo'.ctd thai Uo. was able to p.Bsure the army that MoscoVs voice was averse to internationalism, and that its motto was "The nation's welfare and a victorious war." MILITIA STRIKE FOR MORE PAY. A SOUND GOVERNMENT WANTED, Petrograd, Aug. 2G. Fire destroyed the Okhta quarter, 120 people being killed and injured. The militia, who were substituted for the polko sinco the revolution, have re- i signed in a body because they have been refused increased pay. A Moscow correspondent says that Maximalists tried to wreck General ICornilofl's tran. A preliminary conference of all parties passed a resolution demanding a new Government free of 'wild-cat schemes and not subordinated to committees. PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE. ASSISTANCE AND CONFIDENCE. Washington, Aug. 27. President Wilson sent to tho Moscow Conference a pledge of the moral and financial assistance of America, and added that the United States had confidence in the ultimate triumph of the Russian ideals for democracy and self-govern-ment against enemies within and without. DISCUSSIONS, BUT NO AGREEMENT. MOSCOW STRTKE ENDED. London, A\ g. 2G. The Moscow Conference opened with a speech by M. Kerenaky. Maximalists have provoked a partial strike. Many factories and trams are idle, and restaurants and hotels are closed. Moscow, Aug. 27. At the conference M. Kerensky said that the Pope's peace note was not formulated on behalf of the Russians, j but in the interests of the Central Powers. Tho Minister of Trade unfolded tbn , 1 Government's programme for a fixod . working day, compulsory arbitration, ; limitation of profits, State control of > factories, end national service for males. Received Aug. 28, fi.lo p,m. f Petrograd, Aug.' 27. At Sunday's meetings at Moscow, j there was a discussion of M. Kerensky's ; speech (cabled yesterday) by separate conferences of tho various parties, but the discussions disclosed little signs of an agreement among the patties. There wtli he 2500 delegates' attending the full conference, which opens to-day. Life in Moscow is now normal, the strike having ended. DISORDERS TO BE SUPPRESSED. Renter Service. Received Aug. 28, 7.50 p.m. Aug. 27. Prompt Government action settled the Moscow strike. The military were called out. M. Kerensky telegraphed that it had been resolved to instantly suppress any disorder. A GERMAN REPORT. London. August 27. A Gorman official communique states: ! We occupied positions which' the Russians yielded on the south bank of the Dwina. THE STRIKE CEASING. Moscow, Aug. 27. In response to tho appeal of the municipalities the strike is ceasing.