ANTI-SOVIET REVOLT.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1921, Page 5

ANTI-SOVIET REVOLT.

FIGHTING IN PETROGRAD. COSSACKS ADVANCING. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London. March 2. Official quarters in London confirm the serious mutinies of Russian troops, who are combining with the workers to overthrow the Soviet and establish a demqcratic republic. Helsingfors, March ’2. The situation which is developing in Russia may possibly shortly lead to the overthrow of Red rule. Fighting is proceeding in many parts of Petrograd. Thirty thousand strikers are opposing the military and many have been killed and wounded on both sides. The military cadets, who are the most reliable Soviet supporters, lost heavily. Workers and marines combined forced the cadets from the schools along the street, quickly overwhelming them. The survivors only obtained shelter when the relieving Soviet troops arrived. The garrison which hitherto had not participated in the fighting handed over all their arms and ammunition to the rebels whom the Kronstadt naval forces joined. Large numbers of ex-officers are leading the Moscow insurgents. The Cossacks are advancing in the

southern Volga districts and threaten to ent off the communications with the Caucasus region. Georgia is mobilising all able-bddied Mahommedans to fight alongside the Christians and defend the country. The Moscow Soviet, in an attempt to pacify the workers, has ordered substantial increases in the food rations. RUMORS MAY BE FALSE. London. March 2. The Foreign Office discredits the Helsingfors reports and, in the absence of definite information, believes the accounts exaggerated and suggestive of propaganda. , The Russian Trade Delegation In London is in direct telegraphic communication with the Soviet and declares that the whole of the rumors are absolutely false. Moreover, the delegation is informed that a conference between Russian and Turkish nationals is sitting at Moscow, whence a message was dispatched on Tuesday evening stating that the Soviet Government had signed a peace treaty between Russia and Per-sia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.