RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1920, Page 5

RUSSIA.

PETROGRAD POPULATION. j By Telegraph.—Press Aasn. : —Copyright. Copenhagen, Feb. 2. The population cf Petrograd has decreased to 400.000 from over two millions before the war. MANIFESTO TO POLAND. Moscow, Feb. 3. A meeting of the central executive of the Soviets confirmed the abolition of the death penalty and decided to ' issue a special manifesto to the workers of PEACE TERMS TO ESTHONIA. London, Feb. S. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent states that the peace terms will give Esthonia fifteen million gplden roubles M her share of the Imperial Russian treasure, also exonerating her from a proportional repayment of Russia's debts.— aU9.-N.Z_ Cable Assn. A SUCCESS FOR DENEKIN. Paris, Feb. 1. The Echo de Paris states that Denifeiu'a vlounteero hav? retaken the Isthmus of Perekop, v hicli connects the Crimea with the mainland. BRUSILOFF LEADS BOLSHEVIKS. London, Feb. 2. The Warsaw correspondent of the Morning Pott states that the famous Russian general Brusiloff commands the forthcoming Bolshevik drive to Poland. A TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC. London, Feb. 2. According to a' message from Reval there is an appalling epidemic of spotted typhus among the Nortn-Western Army at Narva. There are 18,000 cases at one collecting station and many men are lying in the snow awaiting death. The American Red Cross is sending doctors and hospital equipment