RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE MURMAN MOVEMENT. ' ifIfcUFVrST BETWEEN Ar.r.rr.q AND RUSSIA. London, July 21. . fustian wireless message states th»t . MTett of the agreement between Great Britain,' tfeited"9t«t«s and France atfd the Mimnaa Segional Council provides for the defence of the Murman region agtinat German coalition powers. The Agretment describes the region as a (mm Almndrov*k district of the provine» of Arotuinglesk, and provides that the Entente shall equip and instruct the RuwUn armed forces of Murmansk, which, it U stipulated, stall lie under Simian command. The Entente undertake «ot to interfere with Murman internal affairs. The Regional Council MtdeHafce energetic precautions agiainat wpiofltge. The Entente undertake to •etvrv food and staple requirements for th* Murrain population, alto the necwsarjr technical equipment and financial for tlie Murman authorities. The agreement U binding until norma? relations between the Russian central arttarity of the one part and Murmansk Council and the Entente of the other 'are re-established. The Entente di««lain the idea of any part of Murmansk, and jointlj with the Mur•nUMk Cbuaeil Man the only object of-the agreement is to guard Human int»frity for a great united Russia.—Am - IX.?.- Cable Anoc. and Reuter. THE CZAR'S DEATH WARRANT. REPORTED DEATH OP CZAREVITCH.

London, July 24. Tho Moscow newspaper Be Jednotaz statesthat a single workman signed tbe ex-OVs death warrant, a single work* nth guarded him, and a single workman liuiiflil him from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg. lie paper give* the names of these workmen into whose hands history delivered the sacred person of tbe Lord's anointod, Nicholas the Last. Amsterdam telegrams from Moscow state that the general mobilisation began on tbe 17th. The Oteoho-Sovaks continue to advance astride the railway between Ekaterinburg and (Seliahinsk. The Soviets abandoned Orenburg after denuding it of all valuables, a new Government has been formed there under General Dumof. Hanger revolutions are progressing in Uglitch, Lublin, Vijinsk, and Jaroilav.— Renter. New York, July 24. German reports state that the evOurevitch Alexis has died of exposure. The Russian army is mobilising.— Aui. X.Z. Cable Assoc. AVENGING MIRBACH'S MURDER too REVOLUTIONARIES SHOT. Received July 25, 8.30 p.m. "- Amsterdam .July 24. A Berlin message says that two hundred members of the Social Bevolutionary Party, including the ex-president of the committee, were shot at Moscow on a charge of organising : the plot against Count Mirbsch. Another hundred were iService. THE ALliflS QT MURMANSK. : »o;> Received Jsriy 25,. IASO, pan.. „r ; . Amsterdam, JfuhiJj, Berlin r*port»Uh*t Allied troops are at Murmansk, also that a republic in Vologda is bebif, formed tinder Entente protection, containing Oonnawk *nd putt of Rueaia to tbe Urals.——Press Attoe. ' RAILWAY STRIKE IK UKRAINE. Amsterdam, Jqly 24; tbe railway men in the Ukraine have stmck and all traffic is at a standstill. Tbe lOnittte of Railways has threatened to put the railways trader the (fenM* mllrUiy if the strike continues. The local strike leaders at Rovno have been united. Disorder throughout the country is increasing.—An*. S* Cabfe