A FREE RUSSIA.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15859, 26 March 1917, Page 8

A FREE RUSSIA.

SPEEDING-UP REORGANISATION.. FL'A U OF GERMAN INVASION. HAS A SOBERING EFFECT. U'v Ci'ole—l're«« Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. 'Cable Association.) UJcceivcd March Soui,' 0.5 . p.m.) LONDON, March 23. Tl.c "Daiiy Chronicle's" Petrograd correspndcnt states:—The work of rcoiganisation in Russia is being speeded up with the utmost earnestness. The idea is widespread that theswiftrbss of the retreat in tho West front means that Marshal von Hindenburg is massing troops to tako Russia unprepared. This has had a sobering effect, ■ and many factories havo resumed work. Recruits are drilling in tfee streets, shops nJicl banks are and trains are" running. . It is astonishing> that the city has so quickly recovered its normal atmosphere. , The,army will.shortly take the oath ■to serve' the new Government. Newspapers arc energetically calling attention to tho war, declaring that it must not be overshadowed in tho fervour for internal reform.

.THE DAT QF Correspondence Tuition hae arrived. A Student can have his University in his loom. ■BANKS' COLLEGE, WELLINGTON, has successful students in all parts of Xw Zealand. Its Jlail System prepares Candidates for Law Professional 1,L.8„ 8.C0m., E.A. Accountancy. Bookkeeping. Entrance University. Public Service. Teachers'* Certificate. Students' work ia marked by experienced tutors vriih the highest crcdentia'.e, and returned without delay. H. AMOS, H4280-3 Director. A REMARKABLE LETTER. FROM GRAND DUKE TO THE j CZAR. ! WARNING THAT WAS DISREGARDED. (Australian and N. 14. Cable A«ooci*tior..) (Eeuter's Telegrams.) (Received March 25th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 23. "The Times" Petrograd. correspondent states that an extraordinary Tetter from Grand Duke Nicholas to the Czar, written last November, has been published. The letter warns him of intrigues and of the fact that the intriguers are using his wife as an instrument. It said: "Often didst thou tell me that thou could put faith in none, and that this applies particularly to thy wife, who loving thee, yet led thee to error, being surrounded by evilminded intimates." The Grand Duke Nicholas was exiled last December for telling the Czar the truth, and denouncing the monk Rasputin.' ROYAL FAMILY ISOLATED. FEAR OF COUNTER REVOLUTION. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Aetociation.) (Received March 25th, 5.5 p.m.) PETROGRAD, March 23. . A Government proclamation states that the' whole of Russia, including Finland, the Caucasus 2 Turkestan, and Siberia has joined the new regime. The coup-de-main only deprived Russia of 2000 killed and wbunded. It has been necessary to isolate the Em peror and, Empress in the Castlet of Tfiarskoo Selo, in order to prevent a counter revolution in favour of the monarehial propaganda. POSITION OF FINLAND. GOVER NOR -GENER AL -APPOINTED.

(Received March. 25th, 5.5 p.m.) STOCKHOLM. March 23. M; Dakovitch, a member of the Duma, has been appointed GovernorGeneral of Finland. ALLIES RECOGNISE NEW GOVERNMENT. (Eeuter's Telegrams.). PETROGRAD, March 23. The British, French, and Italian Ambassadors conveyed to the Foreign Office their Government's recognition of the Provisional Government, and asked for-'a formal reception when Sir George Buchanan, the British Ambassador, recovered froih. influenza. AMERICAN RECOGNITION. WASHINGTON, March 23. The State Department has announced its formal recognition of the new Russian Government. EXPLOSION AT ARCHANGEL. A GERMAN PLOT. NEW YORE!. March 23. A British steamer which arrived from Archangel recently l-eporttf" that two -steamers blew up there, killing 1500 people.. The explosion was presumably a German plot. NIHILIST PARTY DISSOLVED. (Australia i and X.Z. Cable' Association.) (Received March 25th, 11.33 p.m.) PETROGRAD, March 24. As a result of the revolution the Nihilist Party has dissolved. PETROGRAD THREATENED. GERJtANY CONCENTRATING ON NORTHERN FRONT. GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION ISSUED. (Received March 25tli. 11.35 p.m.) PETROGRAD. March 24. M. Gutchoff, Minister of War, has issued a proclamation that tlie enemy is thrcateneing Petrograd and concentrating reinforcements, munitions, .and food on the Northern front. Petrograd is swarming with spies and traitors, who are nefariously operating among all classes, professions, and trades. They use all kinds of uniform as disguises. The proclamation urges citizens to be prudent and not to betray secrets of national defencc.