RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

SEVERE FIGHTING, BETWEEN JAPANESE AND BOLSHEVIKS. London, March 13. There was a serious encounter ';etwt>3!i the Japanese and Bolsheviks i.n the Amur railway. The Bc.lslicv.ics cut up the Japanese ad'.ance guard, but the Jd|<uneM! body came tip aid defeated the Bolsheviks, who left -"iWi dead oil the field. The Japanese casualties were' heavy.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Ami. GERMANS AND RIGA. Received 'March U, 5.3 p.m. Berne, March 12. The report that the Germans have captured Riga is untrue^ —Renter, UKRAINIANS BOMBARD LEMBERG. Received March 4, f>. 3p.m. London, March 12. The Ukrainians heavily bombarded J,emb?rg. Numbers were killed and wounded—Reuter. BOLSHEVIKS COMING TO REASON. Paris, March 11. The Echo di> Paris says that M. Odier, Swiss .Minister at Petrograd. who has arrived at Stockholm, affirms that the Bolshevik Government is ready to come to an agreement with the Entente in order to secure the raising of the economic blockade and the resumption of diplomatic relations.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association: INTERNATIONAL PROPAGANDA Amsterdam, March SI. The Russian Bolshevik Government will establish a new Ministry fo nonduet interiiaticml Br.l-hevik propaganda. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNBELIEVABLE CANNIBALISM. Received 14, 11.30 pirn. Washington. March 12. According to advices reaching tho State IX'-partmerit. Chinese soldiers have been arrested in Moscow for sellins human flesh for food.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc