RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

CONDITIONS IN SIBERIA. A PITCHED BATTLE, Washington, Jan. SO. The Chicago Daily New?-, correspondent at Harbin says that the pri'liminar.v session of the Constituent Assembly was helii at Tomsk to discuss Siberian autonomy, and resulted in a pitched battle )>etween the Bolsheviks and other elements. - Twenty were killed. Eastern Siberia is menaced by the Austro-Gcrmnn prisoners, of whom there are 1">,000 in the Amur province alone. The prisoners at Tomsk, Omsk, and Irkutsk enjoy liberty and may assist an uprising against the Bolsheviks. GERMANY'S HEAVY. TERMS. TnOTSKY BLAMES THE ALLIES. GUERILLA WAR AGAINST ENKSIY Petrograd, Jan. 30. Trotsky, in a two hours' speech af the Soviets' Congress, said the Allies were responsible for Germany's heavy terms, which were quite unacceptable. He was going to Brest Litovsk with two convictions: Firstly, that Russia had hacked out of the Imperialistic wai and would not return; secondly, that Russia would not sign peace on the Ger man terms. The d.-bate was adjourned, but it if evident the conference will apprpvc Trotsky's report and allow the war tc continue, employing guerilla method; and a volunteer army. The Soviets' Congress on Monday apuroved giving Trotsky a free hand Trotsky snid western Europe must not blame Rnssif if she was forced to con elude a separate peace. The Council of Commissaries has declared gold r. State monopoly. Gold articles in the hands of private persons banks, monasteries, and goldsmiths art to pass to the State at a fixed rate. LENIN'S RAVINGS. GLORTE3 IX THE TDKA OF CIVIL WAR. Petrograd, .lan. 30. Lenir. continually glories in the idea of civil war. saying: ''The real terror is yet to come. We are unabashed by the cries of those who weep and shudder in the presence of the great struggle, We are the first government in the world to openly declare it is carrying on civil war." BOLSHEVIKS CLAIM SUCCESSES. AGAIXST UKRAINIANS. Times Service. Received Jan. 31, 8.15 p.m. Petrograd, Jan. 30. The Bolsheviks claim further successes against the Ukrainians. The Red Guards disarmed twenty Cossack esciielons at Alexandrovic, and occupied Keirtch, Sebastopol, Galta, and numerous stations and villages round Kieff, Port Ova, and Kurch. General Kaledin's Tartai troops continue their resistance at Bachibosh and Isaray. REVOLUTION IN FINLAND. BLOODY STRUGGLE EXPECTED TO BECOME GENERAL. Stockholm, Jan. 30. It is reported that- the Finland revolutionaries have overthrown the Senate, arrested the Senators, and occupied the Government departments. Tlio Guards Corps is remaining faithful and the Government has refused to lay down arms, so the Woody struggle is expected to become general, spreading throughout the country. Amsterdam, Jan. 30. The White Guards defeated the Eussi:w soldiers in the north, but the Red Guards are masters of south Finland. ESCAPE OF THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT. GREAT ARMY CONCENTRATING. Received Jan. 31, 8.15 p.m. Copenhagen, Jan. 30. The Finnish Government has escaped to Tammcrfors, where a gTeat Government army is concentrating under General Mannerheim. The Swedish Government has closed the frontier to prevent the transport of arms. A Finnish delegation has arrived at Sweden, seeking military help against the Red Guards. AT BREST LITOVSK AGAIN. THE PEACE DELEGATIONS. Received Jan. 31, 10.30 p.m. Amsterdam, Jan. 30. The peace delegations have reassembled at Brest Litovsk, including Dr. Kuhlmann, Count Czernin, and M. Trotsky.