RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

ALLIES' SUCCESS. TOLSHEVKS DRIVEN BACK. Received Feb. 15, 1.50 a.m. London, Feb. 13. ! A British North Russia communique states that the Allies successfully coun-'ter-attackcd 800 Bolsheviks at Shredmoeheyga, 100 miles south-south-east of Archangel, driving the enemy back six miles southward. ' The Allies gallantly repulsed a strong attack against Kadish. The situation is more satisfactory.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. BUTCHERY OF ROYALTIES. CONFIRMATORY PARTICULARS. Received Feb. 14, 5.5 p.m. Omsk, Feb. 13. Confirmatory particulars show that the royal executions were carried out in the way of wholesale butchery. The Czar, the Czaritza, the Czarevitch, and the four princesses, their doctor and servant, were tried in a small cellar beneath their Ekaterinburg residence. As soon as sentence was pronounced members of the revolutionary tribunal produced their revolvers and ruthlessly slew the royalties, who were kneeling and praying. The bodies were carted off in a motor lorry and buried in an unknown spot. Princess Anastasia was not killed outright She was battered to death with clubs the next day. The tribunal took the Grand Duchess Serge and the Princes John and Sgor and other relatives of the royalties and threw them into the shaft of a disused mine. Bombs were hurled after them. Some were drowned and some killed. Prince Sgor's body was subsequently found, his wounds being bound up by a piece of his shirt, indicating that he survived in the water for some time.—Times Service. BOURGEOISIE FLEEING FROM KIEFF BREAD FOR MOSCOW AND PETROGRAD. Received Feb. 14, 7.40 p.m. London, Feb. 13. A Russian wireless message states that the bourgeoisie at Kicff are fleeing to Constantinople. The Peasants' Congress is making a free contribution of bread for Moscow and Petrograd.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.