WAR, ON REDS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1921, Page 5

WAR, ON REDS.

“MORE TERRIBLE THAN DEATH.” REBELS’ VIEW OF THE COMMUNISTS. , Bj TcleSwA.—Fraas Aasn.—CoDyrigh*., Received March 13, 5.5 p.m. London, March 11. The Daily Telegraph’s correspondent states that the Kronstadt revolutionaries have issued a manifesto in which they sav: “We are fighting for freedom of personality, which was crushed by the Communists, and against the tolerance of the bureaucracy and the people’s commissaries; also against the en.

of the working classes by trades unions, and against the' mass execution of the peasants. Lastly, for Russia we have raised the banner of the third revolution. Life under the Communists is more terrible than death.” FRENCH NAVY TAKES PART. CRUISERS TO ASSIST REBELS. Received March 13, 5.5 p.m. Stockholm, March 11. Copenhagen telegrams state that a French squadron entered Reval harbor, Sent a detachment ashore, and seized vast stores awaiting transport to the Bolsheviks in Russia. It ia believed another French squadron of light cruisers has gone to Kronstadt in order to assist the rebels against the Soviet. —Aus.-NJZ. Cable Assn. FIGHTING CONTINUES. REBELS CHIEFLY BOLSHEVIKS. Received March 14, 12.5 p.m. London, March 13. Fighting in the region of Petrograd and Kronstadt continues. The rebels are chiefly Bolsheviks, but are opposed to the dictatorship of the Moscow leaders. They favor freely elected Soviets. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.