RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1918, Page 7

RUSSIA.

KERENSKY'S VISIT TO BRITAIN. INTEREST AROUSED. ALLIED INTERVENTION ADVOCATED. London, June 27. Kerensky's dramatic appearance in London has revived interest in the situation in Russia, where opinion in favor of the Entente is steadily growing. The Bolshevik Government is daily losing ground, and now depends almost entirely on the army and urtban working classes for support. It is anticipated in some quarters that Germany intends making efforts to effect a new coup, radically changing the method of government. It is feared that the reactionaries, owing to their hatred of Bolshevik methods, will turn to Germany for a solution. Meanwhile insurrections against the Bolsheviks are breaking out in many parts of European Russia and are assisted by the Czechoslovaks. The reported arrival of the, Grand Duke, after his escape from gives additional importance to the movement. It is reported that the Czechoslovaks hold Ekaterinburg and eastward to the Urals. They are also approaching Poverino, where the Cossacks from Orenburg havo joined the revolt. The peasants are supporting the Czecho-Slovaks, a large number of whom surrendered early in the war owing to their lack of sympathy with Austria. The Czecho-Slo-vaks hold many sections of the TransSiberian railway, dominating the situation westward of Tomsk. Kerensky strongly favors united Allied intervention- He says that the vast majority of the Russians refuse to recognise the Brest-Litovsk treaty, and the Russian military forces will eventually join in an effort to drive out the Germans. Kerensky admits the difficulties of securing co-operation between the various anti-Bolshevik parties, but i 3 convinced these could be overcome. He considers that the Allies must take a dear line against the (Bolsheviks, who overawe the people 'because they control the artillery, munitions, railways,» and Government machinery. Kerensky's insistence on joint Allied action does not exclude Japan contributing. the bulk of the effectives. The immediate effect of ICerensky's visit lias been to deepen Britain's sympathy with Russia. Kerensky is visiting France and America. Prominent Russians in London have appealed to President Wilson to favor Allied intervention so ag to prevent Russia being drawn within the sphere of German influence. They point out that delay is dangerous. The Russians are in entire accord with President Wilson's war aims, and do peace will be stable unless Russia is renewed and restored—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. London, June 27. Kerensky, interviewed, said that, despite the horror of the Bolshevik regime, he saw reason to hope. For the prompt regeneration of Russia, the closest friendship with the Allies was vital. The Bolsheviks were willingly working in the interests of Germany, but their day 3 were numbered.—Times. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK MOVEMENT. DIFFICULTIES OVER EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. Amsterdam, June 27. News from Moscow states that the anti-Bolshevik movement is growing. Hunger revolts are increasing and martial law has been proclaimed in the Government of Ufa and town of Novgorod. The situation in tho Government of Saratoff is serious. Differences of opinion resulted in the suspension of the German-Russian Commission for the exchange of prisoners. The fact that the Russian prisoners vastly outnumbered % Germans led the Russians to propose a proportional exchange, but the Germans would only agree to man-for-man exchange, thus retaining a large surplus for war work. —Reuter.

AMERICAN ASSISTANCE.

(PLANS UNDER CONSIDERATION. NO MMTAIRY INTERVENTION. Received June 28, 5.5 p.m. New York, June 27. The Nefw York Times' Washington correspondent Teams that America is considering plans to assist Russia without delay, ljut the assistance will not be military It will aim at building up the commercial, industrial, and agricultural Russia. The American Government will consult the Allies, and ask them to assist in economic upbuilding.—Press Assoc. ABROGATION O? BREST-HTOVSK TREATY. - DEMANDED BY SOCIALISTS. Stockholm, June 27. A delegation of Russian Social Revolutionaries sent greetings to the British Labor conference declaring that the liquidation of the Bolshevik Government must precede Russia's revival and the shameful Brest-Litovsk peace must be abrogated. They hoped that the British conference would be followed by the convocation of an International Social Conference, which would give humanity the desired democratic peace.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. THE EX-CZAR'S DEATH CANARD. London, June 27. Further unconfirmed reports come from Swedish sources of the murder fff th» ex-Czar. The story is regarded at Copenhagen a s a canard. It is also reported that the Czarevitch is dead. Latest reports picture the desperate food situation in Petrograd. Daily riots are suppressed by tlie Bolsheviks' ma-chine-guns.—Times.