CONFLICT OF NEWS CONTINUES.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1917, Page 5

CONFLICT OF NEWS CONTINUES.

EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS LEAVING. REPORTED VICTORY OP KERENSKY. Received Nov 14, 1(1.23 p.m. London, Nov. 14. The extraordinary conflict of news regarding Russia continues, To-night's Copenhagen messages declare that all foreign embassies and legations are leaving Petrograd forthwith. Another mosage states that the big battle near Petrograd ended in a total victory for Kerensky, and that tho city is returning to normal, guards having been organised for tho purpose of protecting the legations.

VISIONARY DEMOCRACY,

WORKERS' AND PEASANTS' BID FOR POWER. A TEMPTING PROGRAMME. WAY OPEN TO VICTORY. Aua. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Renter. . Received Nov. U, 8 p.m. London, Nov. 13. A Russian wireless message states: The workmen's and peasants' great conception of the supremacy of democracy has united tho army's ranks and steeled its will. The whole country can see that the Soviet's authority is not a passing phase, but an unchangeable fact, denoting the supremacy of the workmen, soldiers, and peasants. Opposition to Kcrensky is opposition to the landlords, the bourgeois, and Korniloff. It is also an affirmation of the people's right to peace, a free life, land, bread, and power. There is no return to the past. We have still the right to conquer obstacles and sacrifice ourselves. The way is now opened, and victory is certain. Long live ll)-> revolutionary democracy and Socialistic Russia!

BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT NOT RECOGNISED.

NEW GOVERNMENT AT MOSCOW. Received Nov. 14, 8.15 p.m. Copenhagen, Nov. 13. The ambassadors have refused to recognise the Bolshevik Government, but recognise the Committee of Public Safety, which all parties, except the Bolshevik, arc organising. Now, the Socialists at Moscow, including Rodzianko and Korniloff, are forming a new government.

STREET FIGHTING FOR DAYS

BOLSHEVIKS DRIVEN BACK. SUCCESS OP KERENSKY'S TROOPS. Received Nov. 14, f1.30 p.m. Stockholm, Nov. 13. The National Tidende reports that Kerensky's troops have heen fighting in the streets since Monday, steadily driving hack the Bolsheviks. The greater part of the capital is in Kerensky's hands, and it is only a matter of hourß before the Bolsheviks will be forced to surrender.