ANOTHER THREAT.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1919, Page 5

ANOTHER THREAT.

SIBERIANS IN TOUCH WITH ARCHANGEL.Received April 6, 11.5 p.mj London, April 5. It is reported that Trotsky has threatened to shoot all seamen aboard two battleships ana a few destroyers in Petrograd if they refuse to go to sea to meet the Allied fleet. It is reported that a detachment of Admiral Kolchak's Siberian force has got into touch with the Allied force in the neighborhood of Archangel. BOLSHEVIKS REPULSED. ATTACKS INTENDED TO BE DECISIVE. Received April 6, 5.5 p.m. London, April 4. A British north Russia official communique says that four times on March 31 the Bolsheviks strongly attacked us eastward of Bolsheozeka, and again the next morning. All the attacks were repulsed. The prisoners captured include a regimental commissary, who stated that these attacks were intended to be decisive.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter.

RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AT FUNERALS. Received April 0, 11.5 p.m. London, April 5. Lenin has issued a decree forbidding religious ceremonies at funerals, and the prohibition of the erection of crosses on the graves of dead Christians.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. BOLSHEVIKS BEATEN BACK. London, April 4. A Bolshevik attack on the Archangel front near Bolsheozerki was beaten off. The British casualties were light.—Aus,N.Z. Cable Assn.