RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

LEADER WITH VARIED CAREER,

ALLIES WILL RESIST INVASION. ESTHONIANS PRESS BACK BOLSHEVIKS. Received Jan. 2, 1.50 a.m. Stockholm, Dec. 31. Esthonian troops from Kreval have landed' at Port Akunda with British naval assistance, and are forcing the Bolsheviks to retire eastward. The British admiral in the Baltic has assured the Lithuanian Government that the Allies would do their utmost to resist a Bolshevik invasion.—Reuter.

THE UKSAIi\!E REVOLUTION,

Received Jan. 1, 11.30 a.m. Amsterdam, Dec. 30. Petloura, the new revolutionary Ukraine leader, began operations on December 21 by murdering many of the officers and imprisoning hundreds more. Whilo he does not v, ow himself a Bolshevik, he claims to be a Socialist. Petloura is a young man who has had a chequered career as a dancer, clerk, bath attendant, and other callings. He has 30,030 followers.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

FRENCH INTERVENTION. RUSSIANS MUST CRUSE BOLSHEVISM. j Received Jan. 1, 12.30 p.m. \ i Paris, Dec. 30. | In the Chamber, M. Clemenceau (Pre-1 mier) stated taht the French landed at Odessa without fighting.—Reuter. Received Jan. 1, 7.50 p.m. Paris, Dec. 30. M. Piclion (Foreign Minister), speaking in the Cliamber of Deputies, said: We have gone to Archangel and Siberia and cleared the trans-Siberian railway, in order to preserve for ourselves tlie potential means of intervening jit any moment. Intervention may be necessary in a country where the people of our nationality may be in danger. We have landed troops at Odessa and Batoum, but this is intended to last only until the Roumanian armies shall j» reconstructed. The Allies aim at preserving the healthy portions of Russia against the Bolsheviks, but the strictest orders have been given to the military chiefs that the effort necessary to crush Bolshevism must be made by the Russian forces. There is not a single man arriving from Russia, not even the most out and out Socialist, who has not warned me against the Bolshevik Government and urged me to isolate this scourge. .Any peace that allows Russia to continue to exist in a state of civil war with the present hateful and abominable go\ eminent cannot be a peace of justice. We would he constantly threatened with the resumption of hostilities. —Reuter.

MURDER OF EX-CZAR'S FAMILY. BRUTALLY TORTURED ALL NIGHT. f Received Jan. 1, 7.30 p.m. Paris, Dec. 31. In the Chamber M. Pichon stated that Prince Lvoff told Mm that the ex-Czar's family were tortured all night long before being.finished off. Each member of the family who:had assembled in one room was placed in a chair and proded with ibayonets and then murdered. The room next day was only a pool of blood.

POLES CAPTURE POSEN. | Received Jan. 1, 7.30 p.m. j Warsaw, Dec. 81. The Poles have captured Poseu. —Alia. N.Z. Cable Ateoc. BOLSHEVIK SYMPATHISERS SHOT. Received Jan. 1, 7.45 p.m. Warsaw, Dec. 30. Bolshevik sympathisers who marched to the Hotel Bmhlin and demanded tlie release of Bolshevik Polish troops, were shot by the crowd in Pelling Bay. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEERS HELP'THE FRENCH.

Received Jan. 1, 7.45 p.m. | Constantinople, Pec. 31. Russian volunteers helped the French when advancing through Bessarabia towards Kiev. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. NORTHERN RUSSIA. Received Jan. 1, 7.45 p.m. Washington, Dec. 31. A Martiuzine representative states thai the Archangel Government says the situation in Northern Rusisja is not serious, the Allies control being unimpaired. Qennan officers are commanding the dHyvikftt—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. v