RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE ARCHANGEL FRONT.

A RELIEVING FORCE TO BE SENT.

London, April G.

It is officially announced that, the War Office is preparing with the utmost rapidity a relieving forco in Russia for Murmansk, whence it wil! proceed as early as possible to the Archangel front. The main foreo will follow in two sections. It is intended that the main force shall consist mostly of volunteers for whom the War Office is making an immediate appeal Many officers who distinguished themselves in France and other theatres are applying to serve.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Sir Ernest Shackleton lias returned from Murmansk and Archangel. Interviewed by a Renter correspondent he said that tlvi position of the Allied force® wa? undoubtedly an anxious one The Bolshevists were well equipped and organised and ably led They largely outnumbered the Allies. Since both the Murmnn and Archangel fronts were in danger it was not merely a motion of saving our own troops, for h3lf a million people threw in their lot with us. originally against the Germans and at present against the Bolshevists. Consequently there was a moral obligation to take definite action. The nniiounc>mpnt that action would be taken would be a spear point thrust in the heart of Bolshevism and an incentive to Russian mohilisation Sir E. Shackleton was confident that sufficient volunteers could he obtained t" meet the situation. He urged that Br'tain had not yet realised what was at «InVe if the peril was not instantly grsppled with. A three months' camnai ti hv a volunteer nrmv would break the Bolshevist monster which was 'becoming far worse than German militarism.- -Reuter.

BOLSHEVIK PLANS. FOR ATTACK ON THE ALLIES. Received April 8, 12.30 a.m. London, April 7. Helsingfors newspapers state that the Bohheviks have planned a large scale attack on the Murman coast in the spring, mobilising men and munitions. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. STEMMING THE TIDE. Received April 8, 1.30 a.m. f" New York, March 26. The United Ptess correspondent interviewed Windisch Graetz, a former advisor to the Austrian Emperor, who said that Roumania and Galicia are a dam, stemming the Bolshevik flood from overflowing Europe, but they will soon be unable to hold out unless the Allies rush to their aid.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

UKRAINIANS AND POLES. Received April 8, 12.30 a.m. London, April 7.. Vienna messages state that the Ukrainian leaders have approached the Entente with a view to arranging peace with the Poles, leaving the disputes regarding territory to be settled by a plebiscite.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. RESTRAINING SAVAGERY. Received April 7, 6.5 p.m. New York, April 4. Dispatches from Archangel say there are indications that the Bolsheviks are trying to restrain the savagery of their troops on the Dwina front, where they have been accused of killing and torturing prisoners.—Aus .-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIKS DEFEATED. ' Archangel, April 5. The British crushmgly defeated a large Bolshevik force which attacked an Allied blockhouse. A TOWN DEVASTATED. Vancouver, April 5. The Bolshevists have devastated the town of Osca, near Perm, killing 2000, including the educated classes.—Aus and N.Z. Cable Assn.