RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16313, 10 September 1918, Page 7

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

CZECHOSLOVAKS' SUCCESS. fßj- Cable. —Prctn Association. —Copyright.) <Aiutraiian an<l N.ii. Cable Assoc iat.oll.) PEKIN, September 8. Tientsin reports state that tho Crecho-Siovaks' succcsb in breaking through the forces surrounding tiieui created. a great feeling of relief atYladivostock, where it was previously feared that it wouid be impossible to relievo Western Siberia before winter, t Tho first resuit of tho Czechs' feat 3 was tho isolation of tho Bolshevik - strongholds at liabaroosk and Blagoi opening a prospect of tlio • fomation ot a stable coalition Siberian Government. Traffic between Irkutsk and Harbin has been reopened. JAPANESE CAVALRY ADVANCE. TOIvIO, September 8. j A Japanese official message states - that Japhnesc cavalry havo occupied r liabaroosk, the enemy retreating to--1 Vi ards Bragoo. NEUTRAL POWERS' PROTEST. AMSTERDAM, September 8. A Moscow telegram states that ncus tral Powers hare protested against the ; wholesale execution of civilians and offi- ? cers. They threaten to banish all Rusr sian Bolsheviks Irom their countries. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION. 1 AMSTERDAM, September 8. An explosion at the Kursk Railway Station is believed to have been duo to munitions on n goods train 4 igniting, and killing or wounding 2000 men. ♦ LENIN'S -ASSAILANT EXECUTED. (Renter's Telegrams.) (Received September 10th, 1.30 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, September 9. The "Lokalanzeiger" states that Dora Kaplan, Lenin's assailant, has been executed. REPLY TO THE BRITISH NOTE. (Received September 10th, 1.30 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, September 9. According to German telegrams, M. Tchitcherin, in an impudent reply to tho Uritish Note, states that the Soviet Government is prepared to exchange diplomats only if neutrals guarantee that Britain will grant- M. Litvinoif 1 safe conduct to Russia. The Consul, ' Mr Lockhart, and other British who 1 are imprisoned, will then be permitted, j to leave." • REIGN OF TERROR, CONTINUES. t (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rcpeived September 9th, 11.20 p.m.) t PARIS, September 9. "Le Journal's" Petrograd correspondent states: —The reign of terror is unabated. A number of French subjects have been imprisoned and many warrants issued for the arrest of others. Some of the latter fled for safety, anj some of those imprisoned were released after the French Consul's appeal to M. Ouritzky, Prefect of Police. The latter told those released that they could go homo but* not leave Petrograd. Ho added: "All Entente subjects in Russia are 6ur prisoners, and will be treated as the British and French treat the Bolsheviks at Murman and Archangel. We will shoot ten I Frenchmen for every Red Guard shot j| by the British and French." J BRITISH THREATENED "WITH [ DEATH. (Router's Telegrams.) (Received September 9th. 10.5 p.m.) ' STOCKHOLM, September 8. The newspaper "Svenskadgblad" re- . ports from Helsingfors that thirty-six ; British holding official positions, have been arrested and threatened with death if Lenin dies. ALLIES ADVANCING. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) _ TIENTSIN, September 8. The Allies are advancing on tho • Amur. They anticipate a strong, resistance by enemV gunboats and forces around Habarovsk. Tho forces of the enemy are estimated at 1900. • REVOLUTION THREATENED IN PETROGRAD. 1 COPENHAGEN, September 8. The "Kreuz Zeitung's" Petrograd correspondent states: that a serious revolution is threatening the city. The revolution has broken out among the peasantry of Jamburg, fifty kilometres from Petrograd. A large army, commanded by White Guards officers, is marching against Petrcgrad, and has occupied several stations on the lino between Gatschina and Jamhurg. Thousands are fleeing from Petrograd, where general confusion prevails. It is reported from Vionna that the Russian Government has ordered the arrest of all moderate Social Revolutionaries and members of civil parties who will be kept in hospital or killed if the destruction of the_ Government is attempted. The Patriarch, several priests, and the whole of Kerensky's family, havo Been arrested. GENERAL BRUSSILOFF. ("The Times.") AMSTERDAM, September 8. Tho Bolsheviks have acquitted and ; released General Brussiloff.