MENSHEVIK REVOLT.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 70, 22 March 1919, Page 5

MENSHEVIK REVOLT.

AGAINST BOLSHEVIK METHODS POLISH PROGRESS. PARIS, March 21. An unconfirmed report states that a (•evolution has broken out in Petrograd, the Mensheviks against the Soviet Gov(A. and N.Z. Cable.) BOLSHEVIKS BEATEN AT SLONIM. (Received 12.20 p.m.) WARSAW, March 21. The Poles defeated the Bolshevists at Slonim, recapturing several towns. The Poles remilsed German attacks near Posen and captured from the Ukrainians a number of villages in the neighbourhood of Lemberg and Grodek. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) The Allies sent a wireless message to ' the Poles and Ukrainians peremptorily I bidding them to cease hostilities on the i Lemberg front. The Supreme Council ! invites both sides to go to Paris to discuss their differences. — (A. and N.Z.) BOLSHEVIK TROUBLES. DISAFFECTION IN THE RANKS. LONDON, March 21. It is understood that desertions from the Bolshevik forces in North Russia are increasing, and also that arms and material are deficient. The Petrograd garrison is disaffected. Even the Chinese, on whom the Bolsheviks mainly relied, are insubordinate, complaining of insufficient food. The Bolshevik troops have made a rapid advance in the Ukraine. Almost the whole country is in their hands. The French garrison at Nikolaiev withdrew by sea after a severe battle, in which over 500 Bolsheviks were killed.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)