RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

TO SAVE BOLSHEVIK RULE. UNEXPECTED ATTACK LAUNCHED. deceived Feb. 19, 11.30 p.m. Helsingfors, Feb. 17. Trotsky, with an army of-40,000, together with armored trains, aeroplanes and a hundred guns, launched an unexpected attack on the Marva —Pskofl— Volnia fronts on the 14th. After several hours' stubborn fighting the Esthonians gained the initiative. The battle continues with heavy losses. The new attack was the outcome of a secret meeting of the Petrograd Soviet, at which Trotsky announced that the occupation of Petrograd by the White Guards meant the end of the Bolshevist revolution. — Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. 8 DENEKTN'S OFFENSIVE. PROVING A REMARKABLE SUCCESS Received Feb. 20, 12.10 a.m. London, Feb. 18. General Denekin's offensive in Northern Caucasus is a remarkable success. He has captured several towns, and made prisoners 31,000 Bolsheviks. The antiBolsheviks are progressing rapidly towards Baku and Thery, controlling the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. SPREADING BOLSHEVIK DOCTRINES Paris, Feb. 16. Prince Lvoff, interviewed, said the Bolsheviks would employ the Prince's Island meeting as a medium to spread their doctrines over the world. Bolshevism was already established in America and everywhere. The Anti-Bolshevik factions were now represented in Paris and would not attend the Prince's Island conference. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIA.' SHOULD JOIN CZECHOSLOVAKS. New York, Feb. IS. The Vienna correspondent of the Cricago News interviewed George Gunther, head of the largest Austrian mining and finance company, who said that Austria cannot remain alone. She does not produce food or raw materials. She should not join Germany because Germany would send her manufactured goods while her need was raw materials. It will be better if she joined Czecho-Slov-akia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNITY WITH GERMANY. Received Feb. 19, s.lO p.m. London, Feb. IS. - The Austrian elections proved a victory for unity with Germany. The Socialists gained a large minority.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.