RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

GERMAN INVASION CONTINUES. TURKS OCCUPY BAKU REGION. Received March 1">, 8.10 p.m. Renter Service. Petrograd, March 1-1. Tiio Germans occupied Abo on the 12th, and are marching into the interior. They continue operations i:i southern Russia and have occupied Teernigc!!'. The Turks have occupied the whole of the Baku region. ENEMY ENTERS ODESSA. London, March 14. A German wireless official report says: —We have penetrated to Odessa. London, March 14. The Germans entered Odessa, the Austro-Hun o arians closely following. New York, March 11. The Tribune, commenting on the capture of Odessa, says that the German dream of seriously menacing India is grotesque and impossible.

DENIAL AS TO LYOFE GOVERN MENT,

! London, March i 4. Router learns that there is no truth in the statement cabled on March 10 that Prince Lvcff has formed a Russian Government at Poking.

ERZERUM RECAPTURED BY TURKS.

New York, March 14. The Turks have recaptured Erzernm. GOVERNMENT AT MOSCOW. London, March 14. Mr. Ransomc, reporting from Moscow, states that the Lenin Government has arrived and the All. Russian Assembly meets on March 14 in the Halls of tl)e Nobility, where the peace will probably be ratified.

Business men in Moscow speak of the Germans as saviours from the sheviksMr. Ransomn adds that the Soviet Government alone stands between Germany and the realisation of its grandiose dream.

VLADIVOSTOK COMMANDANT SUICIDES,

Eeuter Service. Received March lfi, fa.m i'etrograd, March 15. The commandant at Vladivostock has committed suicide.