RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

HORRORS OF BOLSHEVIK RULE, THE WHOLE TRUTH NOT TOLD. By Telejraph.—rress Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 6, 3 p.m. London, Sept. 4. Colonel John Ward, a Labor member of the House of Commons, has arrived in London. He has been summoned from Russia by the War Office for consultation. Interviewed, he said thas the horrors of Bolshevik rule had not been exaggerated. Indeed, it was doubtful whether half the truth of the atrocities had been told. The secret of the prolonged existence of the Bolshevik Government was simply terrorism. Everyone acted under fear of denunciation and a horrible death. "Besides," added Colonel Ward, "no food, clothing, or other necessaries of life were given to those refusing to profess Bolshevik views. Again, the Bolsheviks commandeered all the rich manufacturing districts, and all attacks upon them bad to be conducted from sparsely populated agricultural areas. Hence it was most important to supply munitions to General Denikin and Admiral Koltchak. The Bolsheviks' munitions were practically unlimited, as only a small proportion of the munitions supplied to Russia by the Allies before the revolution fell into the hands of the Germans." He believed the Bolsheviks had munitions sufficient for a ten years' war. PUPPET GOVERNMENT AT ARCHANGEL. RETURNED OFFICER'S CRITICISM.

Received Sept. 7, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 5. Lieut-Colonel Sherwood Kelly, V.C., returned from Archangel, in a letter to the 'Daily Express says he volunteered for service in north Russia, helieving that by so doing lie was assisting the'withdrawal of sorely-tried troops. He found plans had been laid for an ambitious campaign in the interior, the nature of which was. kept secret. The so-called loyal Russian army was always mutinous and utterly unreliable. A puppet Government was established at Archangel, but it had no public support, and would surely fall when British protection was withdrawn.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. JUNCTION' OP FORCES. ' BENIKINIS AND PETLURA'S. London, Sept. 4. The War Office states that the capture of Kieff will doubtless ensure the long-looked-for junction between Denikin and Petlura. The captnre was achieved in conjunction with the counter-attack against the Bolshevik offensive northeastward of Kharkoff.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

THE ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD. Received Sept. 0, 3 p.m. London, Sept. 4. A Bolshevik wireless states that Trotsky, addressing the Petrograd Soviet, said: "We cannot afford to retreat one inch on the Petrograd front, where there are indications that an advance against ub is impending." He warned the bourgeoisie of Esthonia.and Finland that if they continued to obey the Allied Imperialists the Reds would destroy them. The Soviet subsequently declared that it was ready to defend Petrograd.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. KRONSTADT AGAIN BOMBED. Received Sept. 6, 3.5 p.m. Helsingfors, Sept. 4. A British air force raided Kronstadt, and were heavily shelled by anti-aircraft guns throughout the evening.—Aus. NJZ. Cable Assoc.