RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 October 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

GENERAL ALEXIEFF'S VIEWS. RUSSIA MUST PULL HERSELF TOGETHER. . ■I'APAX MAY ENTER UPON RUSSIAN STAGE. Received Oct, 10, 12.20 p.m. London, Oct*-48. The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent states tliat General Alcxicff, in a remarkable interview, stated ho would not attend the Paris Conference unless ho was able to speak on behalf of s, fighting army. The war was a struggle between the Germanic and Anglo-Saxon laces. The Russians wqre only lay figures. England would never end' the war without victory and the utter .exhaustion of Germany. America's entry d.ecided the issue independently of Russia, lrhose weakness merely postponed the victory. If Russia did not .pull herself together and put forward her real fighting army the issue for her would be UmeiiUble. "I think," he concluded, "if «,t the conference our utter feebleness' is dlisclosed, Japan must enter upon tha Russian stage of this European war, She will require compensation. Naturally the weakest must pay." RUSSIANS PRESSED BACK. OESEL FORCE CUT OFF. ENEMY WARSHIP MINED. Received Oct. 18, 6.50 p.m. London, Oct. 17. A wireless Russian official report states: The enemy pressed ijs back in the direction of Moon Island, interrupting land communications between Ocsel and Moon. We have completely lost tonch with our forces in Oesel. An eyewitness reports tliat an enemy dreadnought ran into a minefield on Friday. After the explosion, the warship proceeded towards the coast, but her fate is not known. RIOTING AND LOOTING, Pe,trograd, Oct. 17. The elections for the Constituent Assembly will take place on November 25, and the Assembly will meet on December 30. Tim campaign- is beginning. Anarchy is spreading; there arc agrarian riots, and looting, murder, and food riots are raging in many towns. Bands of soldiers are marauding various points behind the fighting line. In the interior addition confusion is caused owing to Bolshevik's insisting on summoning aii All-Russian Congress of Soviets for November 2, with the object of overthrowing the Government and placing the power in the hands of the Soviets.