RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

BOLSHEVIK RESISTANCE - INCREASING. ENEMY ABANDON KEEFF, . v . By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received Oct. 23, 1225 a.m. Helsingfors, Oct. 21. Yudenitch has his headquarters at Tharkoeselo. He is concentrating troops and awaiting reinforcements around Pulkovo, owing to the Bolshevik resistance increasing. The Bolsheviks have been threatening Yudenitch's right wing, but the danger has now passed. A Bolshevik communique admits the abandonment of Kieff. BOLSHEVIKS CAPTURE OREL. THEIR ADVANCE CONTINUES. Received Oct. 22, 8.50 p.m. London, Oct. 21. A Bolshevik communique states: Ourtroops captured Orel. Our cavalry in the direction of Veroness annihilated Mamontoffs infantry and captured much booty. The advance continues, i—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN APPEAL BY TROTSKY. TO RESIST THE ENEMY. Received Octj-22, 11.45 p.m. London, Oct. 21. A Bolshevik wireless message states that Trotsky presided at a special meeting of the jetrograd Soviet and formed a Military Council for internal defence. iHe appealed to workmen to arm and.resist the enemy.—United Service.

FUTURE OF THE BALTIC SAME IDEALS AS RUSSIA. PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH AIMS. Received Oct. 23, 12.25 a.m. . Berlin, Oct. 21.' Von der Goltz, in a newspaper interview, said that by his departure from •the Baltic provinces, he hoped 'to get the Entente to adopt a more businesslike attitude. There were now no German subjects General Bermondt's troops. The Baltic provinces and Russia have the same political aims. This is the only policy which will guarantee a lasting peace. If the provinces become English colonies under the cloak of political independence, then a Russo-English war will be -unavoidable, within estimable time, because Russia needs her Baltic portsAll German troops will evacuate except those' who, for private reasons, wish to settle in the Baltic provinces and adopt Russian citizenship.—Aus.K.Z. Cable Assn. YUDENITCH OUTSIDE PETROGRAD. London, October 21. The Times correspondent at Abo reports that Yudenitch and his staff have arrived at Gattehina and are expecting the fall of Petrograd hourly, but Helsingfors reports state that Yudenitch is in imminent danger. He has 12,000 men, little artillery, and long lines of communication to protect. Trotsky is served by a, well-known Russian general, who has launched a powerful offensive threatening Yudenitch's rear, while the Bolshevik warships are shelling his exposed left flank. Ten thousand Red reservists are prepar'ing for street fighting. The occupation of Krasna Yazorka is still delayed, owing to jealousy among the Esthonians. GERMANS TO BECOME RUSSIANS. 'Berlin, October 21. Ton der Goltz, interviewed, said »his congratulations to General Bermondt were purely personal. He declared that Bermondt championed a federated Russia. Von der Goltz hoped that the Entente would realise the impossibility of preventing German troops becoming Russian citizens, as half those in Courland had done.