RUSSIA.
ALLIES' ACTIVITY, PETROGRAD LIKELY f 0 FALL: Received May 14, it.s p.m. Londdti; May 13: An official report states tliat the Allied, eounter-bombaidment silenced the 1 enemy's urtillery in all paf,ts of the - North Russia front. The White Sea is now navigable and the river Dwina is free from ice.
Stockholm messages record persistent rumors that Potrograd is likely to fall in a few days. All the leading Bol= shevika have left the city. M. Branting has expressed the opinion that Finland contemplates an attack on Petrograd in order to strengthen her position with the Allies,-*Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
ATTACK ON PETROGRAD. ERIITSH SQUADRON AVAILABLE. Received May 15, 12.35 ajn. London, May 13. In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law stated there were no definite proposals for a military or naval attack on Petrograd, though a British squadron was available for use in ease of emergency—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1919, Page 5
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