RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

JOINT ACTION AGAINST RUSSIA ALLIES' ECONOMIC RETALIATORY MEASURES. deceived Dee. 5, 8.10 p.m. Amsterdam. Dec. 4. The Berlinsko Tidende's Hiaparanda correspondent states' it ia rumored that Japan and America have agreed to joint action against Russia. The Finance Ministry lias received information of the Allies' economic retaliatory measures in the event of a ■separate peace. SEPARATE REPUBLIC. SIBERIA HIVES OFF RUSSIA. I Received Dec. 5, 10 p.m. Stockholm, Dec. 4. It is reported that ,thc whole of Siberia has been formed into an independent republic. It is expected that the Government at Tomsk will issue a proelamai tion withdrawing the Siberian troops from the Russian front. The Kuban district has also fqrmed a republic. A PLEA FOR RUSSIA. ALLIES SHOULD BEAR WITH HER ' , PEOPLE. Received Dec. o, 8.10 p.m. Petrograd, Dec. 4. Dr. Harold Williams, the Daily Chronicle's correspondent, states that "we must face the fact that in one way or another Russia, despite the, will of the best elements of the population, must retire from the war. He warns the Allies Against contemptuously abandoning the whole of the great people because of a temporary fit of madness, the oauses whereof lie deep in her years of oppression. If we have to part with Russia as a fighting ally the parting should be friendly and sympathetic. To denounce her as a traitor is the surest wav of driving her into the arms of Germany. TROTSKY THREATENS * AMBASSADORS. t NO INTERFERENCE WILL BE TOLERATED TROUBLE WITH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. Times Service. Received Dec. 5, O.ta p.m. Petrograd, Dec. 4 Mr. Boureliier states that M. Trofsk.v, addressing the Ambassadors with reference to their protests against the Bolshevik negotiations, declared the Government would not tolerate any interference in its internal affairs, and any attempt to re-kindle trouble-would provoke retaliation,

M. Trotsky has dissolved the PetrogTftd -Municipal Council because it opposes the Bolsheviks' order to continue work, under threats of punishmont. till its successes are appointed. The oounoil has refused to accept the dissolution, and has appealed for the nation's enpjpoit as the only legal Government lefjt, adding that the officials would refuse to ; obey the new powers, but the bayonets compelled them to ao so. [RUSSIAN PEACE DELEGATES./ f RECEIVED BY'THE GERMANS. Received 'Dee. 5, 8.5 p.m. ~ London, Dec. 4. Wireless Russian official! A telegram From Kliansky, president of the congress of the Fifth Army, states that a delegation from the Council of the | People's Commissaries, at the invitation of the congress, arrived at 'Dvlqgk on Sunday. The congress solemnly promised to destroy all the wasp nests of counterrevolution, whieh were obstacles to peace, particularly the nest of Dukitonin, Gotz, Avksentieff, and other traitors to the revolution. The peace delegates then departed, the German delegates receiving them in the eyening in the neutral zone. There was a di-jftionstration at Dvinsk, when banners were diapl3.yed ( inscribed) "Long live the Council of the People's Commissaries, who shall control production and abolish secrecy!" In the trenches the spirits of the men lire high, 48 HOURS' ARMISTICE. BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GERMANY. Amsterdam, Deo. 4. A 48 hours', armistice between Russia •nd Germany was signed on Saturday at ftmce Leopold of Bavaria's lieadquarLOYAL RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT. REFUSAL TO RECOGNISE } USURPERS. -• Paris, Dec. 4. M. Maklutoff, replying to statements that he was recalled because he participated in the AUiedl Conference, states that he did not attend the conference. He could not recognise the present usurpers, therefore he did not present his letters of credit. The entire Embassy protested against the peace proposals. They must fight against the German propaganda. The ideal appetiser is MILITARY PICKLE, an oriental combination of choice vegetables and fruits combined in the w»y that sets the crastric juices flowing, thus aiding digestion. All live grocer' \

LAND CONFISCATION POLICY. FOR DIVISION AMONG PEASANTS. Received Dec. 5, 9.45 p.m. London, Dec. 4. A wireless message from Petrograd states that the All Russian Congress of Peasants and Deputies resolved to demand all the land of any agricultural value, together with the stock, buildings, and implements belonging to farmers who are not the sole workers, to be forthwith transferred to the land committee to distribute to the peasants. SURRENDER OF GENERAL STAFF. PROBABLE COLLISION WITH ■ COSSACKS. Petrograd, Dec. 4. M. Krylenko's adjutant has telegraphed that Krylenko has arrived at Vitebsk with detachments from the Petrograd garrison. The Cossacks are gathering on their flanks and a collision is possible at any moment. According to other sources the first clash has already occurred, with some casualties. It is circumstantially reported that Korniloff escaped on December 2. The Maximalists report that the general staff has surrendered. London, Dec. 4. Wireless Russian official: M. Krylenko, In a proclamation, states that he entered Mohileff at the head of the revolutionary troops to-day and surrounded the lieadquarter» without fighting, removing the last obstacle to peace. KrylenTto strongly condemns the act of lynch law practised upon Dukhonin, and adds: "Popular hatred surpassed the limits of reason, and despite all efforts to save Dukhonin ho was thrown out of a railway train at Mohileff station and killed. Korniloff's flg'ht on the preceding day "caused this excess." i

Krylenko urges his comrades to be worthy of the freedom they have secured and not to stain the people's authority. The revolutionary people, he says, are, fearful in the struggle, but must be soft after victory. The struggle for peace receives a new strength by the fall of the headquarters. Krylenko, in' the name of the revolution, calls for unity and discipline. KERENSKY"MINISTRY TO BE PROSECUTED. Copenhagen, D2c. 4. | The Bolshevik Government intends to [ prosecute, ~WM. Verderevsky, Terestohenko, and KiscKKin, members of Kerensky's Cabinet, when the Assembly meets on the 11th.