THE BALTIC PLOT

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1919, Page 5

THE BALTIC PLOT

FETROCRAD THOUGHT SAFE. • PAS ATTACKS AND NO MACT-g THREE ARMIES IN ACTION . By Telefraph.—Press Aasn.^-Copyrlght. Received Oct. 14, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 13. Outdid observers ecout Yudenitch's "®°pe of reaching Petrograd with his tagged and ill-supplied army of 16,000. The Daily News' Riga correspondent the' bare-footed Letts are full of spirit but they have few rifles against an enemy which is equipped with every technical device, including the employWent of gas against maskless men. We so ill equipped with ammunition that ■ring on the Germans' numerous aeroplanes is prohibited. British destroyers have arrived. One Jfford from Engiand would prevent the passage of the Dvina. The Esthonians and the do not Yudenitch, who represents the Worth-Western Russian Government, formed under the aegis of the Allied mis•vma as part of Koltchak's and Denitfrin's movement. This Government does not recognise Baltic independence. Titos thr»« amies we in action, Yndenitch'u, the IndependJ»ts and Bermondt's, the last being proptrman Baltic Barons.—-United Service. BALTIC CLOSED TO SHIPS. *ttBER AGAINST GERMAN VESSELS Received Oct. 14, 6.5 p.m. Berlin, Oct- 13. According to the Settin Abdenpost, a> tetegijun from London has reached the German Government, retransmitted to •the Baltic port authorities, informing them that, owing to the attack on-' Riga, free passage permits for German Wups in the Baltic are provisionally Vlthdrawn. All ships now in the Baltic must be Recalled and no other ships are perpiibted to put to sea. All vessels encountered in the Baltic ere liable to Wmre.—Renter. CHARGE AGAIN® BRITISH, r BALTIC BLOCKAD3 COMPLETE. Received Oct- 14, 7.20 p.m. Berlin, Oct. 13. A sensation has been caused in Berlin the Freibeit'g demanding the disnsft**l and punishment of all those Remotely concerned with the Baltic adventure. - The Vorwaerts maintains the official standpoint and the Freiheit has been suspended for three days, allegedly because of inciting the people. Herr Muller, in an angry speech, says that the Allies are recommencing the murder of women and children, and he claims the Government is helpless. Tlier» is no answer to the question why the German Government paid and fed troops in Courland and why Von der Golti was brought to Bylin and then «enr back to Courland with complete plans for camouflaging his troops as jßussians General Bermondt's history is peculiar. Yudenitch appointed him to' the command of the anti-Bolshevik troops in Courland and Lithuania and proceeded to Narva, whence Bermondt cotfd not he got to move and he now commands an amy much stronger than that of Yudenitch. The Baltic blockade is already comElete. Even ferries have stopped and lerman shipowners are sending wireless Sewages recalling their steamers.-. nited Services. STERN DEFENCE OF RIGA. ; LESS VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT. Received Oct. 14, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 13. The Daily Chronicle's Riga correspondent states that the third day's bomhnrdpnent prior to General Bermondt's offer pf a truce decreased in violenceThe Germans no longer threaten the fcentre of the city. They are concentrating for an atempted crossing pix miles southward. RIGA STILL HELD. FIGHTING Df A SUBURB. Received Oct. 14, 8.10 p.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 14. Yudenitch is advancing on the whoie front, after capturing a divisional staff pf the Red Army and many prisoners frod machine-guns. The Letts are still holding Riga, which -Ss being bombarded by German guns and aeroplanes, while General Bermondt's troops are fighting in Thorensberg, a ■ fuburb of Riga. GERMANY NOW fHE ENEMY. • ALLIED ACTION WANTED. Received Oct. 14,11.15 p.m. London, Oct. 14. Von der Goltz, interviewed for a Finnish newspaper, admitted that the German Government equipped troops in Courland, including Russians. He added that, though the army was bo longer German, it had embarked on tnost important work for the Fatherland. The Times, in a leader, says that Bolfehevik rule is apparently nearing an end, pnd may collapse suddenly before the pressure of General Denikin. The real contest is now between the Germans, Who know their own minds, and the 'Allies, who have not yet proved that they lave any mind in Russian affairs. Despite a desperate desire for peace and jtlie avoidance of further expenditure, the J&llies must face the dangers of the position and forestall Germany, thus proving that we are real friends of Russia, and also actively assist in the restoration and enlist the support of Poland establishing a permanent barrier between Germany and Russia.—United Service. IN THE BALTIC STATES. CONDITIONS OF THE BLOCKADE. Berlin. October 13. • Tie Entente Note announcing the blockade says that the fact that Von der Goltz, on visiting Berlin, was perJnitted. to return to the Baltic States is a sign that Sermany is pursuing underhand plans there. . The bkx&ade will cease only on a kttisfactory report from the New Entente! mission controlling Germany's actions in the Baltic States/—Aus. and - - - r-