RUSSIA.
FEARFUL EXCESSES BY RED GUARDS.
Great Massacre Said to be Impending. ii» ■ Australian and IS Z Calif Aasoc Rec Jan 27, o 5 p m Stockholm, Jan 25. Many tiaine are full of soldiers from Finland going to Petrogrtd. The Bolsheviks are concentrating troops, as they expect disturbances as a result of the lecent brutal murders* The head of tha Bohhevik Chancellor^ office told the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council that a great masHere was impending, in which the working classes would iefinitely and for ever crush the Bourgeoise. There considerable fighting in Finland between ttie Red Guards and Finnish White Guards. There was bloodshed ■.■t.Viborg, KuctißVß, and Oesterbotten. Thß Red Guard excesses continue at Helsiugfor3 and in other towns.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6968, 28 January 1918, Page 3
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