RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

VON PER GOLTZ'S SCHEMES, A PRO-GERMAN MONARCHIAI REGIME. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Cqpyflght. Berlin, Oct. 9. A body calling itself the West Russian Government has been formed. It aims at administering the territory where von der Goltz's troops are concentrating. The officers are disregarding the orders for evacuation. It has been learned from Mitau that the commander of the German Iron Division defies the Entente, assuring the soldiers that they need not fear the Entente threats. Marshal Foch has received a message from Finland that von der Goltz is stealthily planning an offensive in the direction of Pskoff, hoping to march on Petrograd and establish a pro-German monarchial regime there.—Aus. and. N.Z. Cable Assn. EVACUATION OP LITHUANIA. , DEMANDED BY ALLIES, . Paris, Oct. 0. Marshal Foeh's Note demands the immediate evacuation of Lithuania.' Possibly an inter-Ajlied commission will go to Lithuania & superintend the eva-cuation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, ; A GLOOMY PREDICTION. MOSCOW POPULATION MAY BE WIPED OUT. x Received Oct. 10, 9.45 p.m.* London, Oct. 9. Professor Kitsch, writing in the Mos* cow newspaper Menshevik, predicts the practical wiping out of the inhabitants durisg the coming winter. There *m no naptha reserves and coal is exhausted. The inhabitants must flee, or only frozen corpses will be found in the spring.—■ Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPAN AWAKENED. TO HELPING AMERICA]!! TROOPS. Received Out. 10, 2.10 p.m. Washington. Oct. 9. . As the result of strong representations made to Japan, the Japanese commander' ordered the troops to co-operate more effectively with the Americans operating . on the trans-Siberian railway. . The United States threatened to withdraw troops from Siberia unless the Japanese worked more harmoniously.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HEAVY FIGHTING. DENIKIN HELD UP. Received Oct. 10, 6".30 p.m. Copenhagen,' Oct. 9. The Uukrainian Press bureau reports that heavy fighting is proceeding, and that Denikin's advance westward is held up. The bureau alleges that Denikin first attacked the Ukrainians.— Reuter. STORIES OF TREACHERY. AUSTRALIANS FORCED HARDSHIPS. BOLSHEVIK AT CRITICAL PERIOD. Received Oct. 10, 10.30 p.m. London, Oct. 9, The majority of the Australians from. Russia confirm the stories of treachery of the so-called "friendly" Russians. They state that you never knew when you would fall a victim to the men you had been helping. They even assert that several of their number were killed while asleep. All seemed glad to leave Russia, where they suffered many hardships owing to the cold, but say that they were well cared for by the authorities. • The Tommies agree that the Bolsheviks had a wholesale dread of the "Aussies," despite the fact that they were a mere handful. A poor opinion is generally held of Bolshevik discipline and fighting qualities. The Bolsheviks often bolted or surrendered without* putting up a fight, and the prisoners sometimes became an embarrassment to our forces, owing to the numbers. The Australian casualties were very slight throughput operations, and practically none were taken prisoner. Some of the Australians from Russia claim they fought in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, France and Belgium, and a few more adventurous spirits declare their intention of enlisting' in Denikin's forces, for which Russian officers are now recruiting volunteers in LondonThey particularly require officers. The Daily Express' Reval correspondent states that it is reported that Von der Goltz has commenced an attack on Riga. The Soviet Government intends to propose that peace negotiations with the Baltic States shall be begun in some neutral country, either Denmark or Holland, with a view to permitting Bolshevik leaders to effect communications with the Allies' diplomatists. There are in. dications that the Bolsheviks are approaching, the most critical period, and the Soviet-power is seriously menaced. It is doubtful whether their desperate concentrations of troops will prove sufficient to withstand Denikin and Koltchak —- Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn. DENIKIN'S FRIENDS PERSECUTED. RESULT OF A PLOT. Received Oct. 11, 12.30 a.m. Stockholm, Oct. 9. The Investia admits that Denikin's friends are being ruthlessly persecuted as the result of the discovery of the Centre Party's plot. Those executed in- « elude Princes Obolenski and Ronikof and Generals Alexieff and Dmitrieff, and i : the scientists Stohepkin and Ronikof.— I Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' A FLIMSY EXCUSE. VON DER GOLTZ STILL PREVARICATING. •* Received Oct. 11, 12.30 a.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 10. , Von der Goltz has written to the chief i of the Allied mission at Riga alleging : that Lettish and-Esthonian troops are largely massing on the demarcation line, and that he is unable to evacuate the German troops unless these forces are withdrawn—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn, BOLSHEVIKS s DEFEATED. IN PSKOFF REGION. Received Oct. 11,12.20 aon. Helsingfors, Oct. 9. A North-West Russian army com- . niuniqne states: We defeated five 801. . Bhevik regiments in the Pskoff region . and took prkoner 60a^Aua..M.Z. r Cable ,■■

RIGA ATTACKED, vYONj DER GOLTZ'S FEEEEff^ Received Pet. 11, 1.50 a.m. London, October 16. The Daily Chronicle's Riga correspondent confirms the report that Von der' (Jolts ig attacking with thousand troops on a ten mile front, and is within seven miles of tne city. The Letts are bravely defending, but are yielding to pressure. Von der Goltz, interviewed at Mtyau, said he was obeying the German Government's orders mailing him, but the German troops remain as there was neither food nof wort: for them in Germany Therefore, they are becoming Russians merely for the sake of a home and employment. They have no political designs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. .