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RUSSIA.

A REIGN OF TERROR. BOLSHEVIK. THREATEN ALLIES. Received Sept. 0, 11.40 pro. Paris, Sept. !)•'' Le Journal's Petrograd correspondent atates that the reign of terror there is unabated- A number of French subjects have been imprisoned, and many warrants issuecypr the arrest of others. Some of the fatter lied for safety, and some of tho*e imprisoned were released after the French Consul's appeal to Oniitzky, Prefect of Police. The latter told those released that they could go home, but not to leave Petrograd. He added: "All Entente subjects in Russia are our prisoners, and will bo treated as the Anglo-French treat Bolsheviks at Murman and Archangel. We will shoot 10 Frenchmen for every Pied Guard shot by the Anglo-French."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assor THREATENED WITH DEATH. THIRTY-SIX BRITISHERS. Received Sept. 0, 1040 p.m. Stockholm, Sept- 8. The newspaper Svcnskadghlad reports from Holsingfors -that 30 Britishers holding official positions have been arrested and threatened with death if Lenin dies-—Router. EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATS. IMPUDENT REPLY TO BRITISH NOTE. Received Sept. 10, 1.30 a.m. Amsterdam, Sent. !). In an impudent reply to the British Note, M. Tchitbherin states that the Soviet Government is prepared to exchange diplomats only if neutrals guarantee the safe conduct of M. Litvinoff (Bolshevik Ambassador to Britain) to Russia. Consul Lockhart, and other British now imprisoned, would then be permitted to leave Russia. —Renter. The Lokal Anzeiger states that Dora Karlan, Lenin's assailant, has been executed, according to a German telegram. A SERIOUS REVOLUTION. PETROGRAD THREATENED, Copenhagen, Sept. S. The Petrograd correspondent of the Kreuz Zeitung states that a serious revolution is threatening the city The revolution has broken out among the peasantry of .lamburg, ;">0 kilometres from Petrograd. A large army, commanded by White Guard oiliccrs, is marching against Petrograd and has occupied several stations on the line between Gatschina and Jamburg. Thousands are fleeing from Petrograd, where general confusion prevails. It is reported from Vienna that the Russian Government has ordered the arrest of all Moderate Socialist Revolutionary members of the Civil parties, who will be kept in hospital or killed if the destruction of the Government is attempted. The Patriarch, several priests, and the whole of Kerensky's family have been arrested. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS. NEUTRAL POWERS PROTEST. Received Sept. 9, 2.55 p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. 8. A Moscow telegram states that neutral I powers have protested against the i wholesale executions of civilians and of- • fleers. They threaten to banish all Rus- ; sian Bolsheviks from their countries. The explosion at Kursk railway station is believed to be due to munitions on a goods train igniting The explosion killed or wounded two hundred.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. ALLIES ADVANCE ON THE AMUR. Tientsin, Sept. S. The Allies are advancing on the Amur and anticipate strong resistance by the > enemy gunboats and the forces around - Habarovsk, which are estimated at 1900. IMPROVED OUTLOOK IN SIBERIA. Peking, Sept. 8. J Tientsin reports state that the Czechs' success in breaking through the forces surrounding them created a great feeling of relief in Vladivostock, whete it was previously feared that it was impossible to relieve western Siberia before the win* ter traffic between Irkutsk and Harbin had been re-opened. The first result of 1 the Czechs' feat was the isolation ot I the Bolshevik strongholds at Harbarovsk and Blagovestchensk, opening a prospect of the formation of a stable Siberian Government.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. A JAPANESE SUCCESS. Tokio, Sept. S. A Japanese official message states t Japanese cavalry occupied Harbarovsk, the enemy retreating towards Bragoe. Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. i- GENERAL BRUSILOFF RELEASED. i Amsterdam. Sept. S. i, The Bolsheviks released and acquitted General Brusiloff.— Times.

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Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1918, Page 5

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RUSSIA. Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA. Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1918, Page 5

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