BRITISH MISSION TO RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 59, 3 December 1917, Page 5

BRITISH MISSION TO RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS

PROTEST AGAINST BREAKING THE PACT OF LONDOJV / ALLIES' EMBASSIES IGNORE EXTREMISTS' GOVERNMENT ' * Peirograd, November 30. The heads of the British Mission to the Russian Headquarters, supported by French. Italian, Rumanian, Serbian, and Japanese colleagues, have pro, sented General IJukho'nin with a Note, most energetically protesting against any attempt to break the Pact of London, which precludes a separate peace or armistice. Russia must, it states, be prepared for most serious conse- ■ quonces. , . 'The correspondent adds that since the latest upheaval the Allied) Embassies have hold no communication with the extremists' Government.—Aus - -N.Z. Cable Assn. THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS STRENGTH OF THE PARTIES IN PETROGRAD. (Rec. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) mi. «.t» •, ™ London, November'3o. /he Daily Chronicle" reports that the Bolsheviki in Petrograd polled 400,000, the Cadets 250,000, and the Social Revolutionaries 150,0QQ. Lenin, Trotsky, and Miliukoff are among those elected.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KRYLENKO RIDICULED AND ATTACKED BY TROOfo. (Rec. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) mi , m -1 ™ •,I ~ -r. , London, December 1. Ihe "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states that Krylenko had a hostile reception when attempting to address the troops. He "was ridiculed and attacked, and his bodyguard was compelled to intervene. Krylenko has ordered wholeale arrests, including generals. Two armies out of fifteen support Krylenko.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asu. A PRIVATE APPOINTED MILITARY COMMANDER OP MOSCOW. Petrograd, November 30. Ueneial wiercmisoir, ex-Commander on the south-western and northern front, in Russia, has been interned in a fortress. A private soldier has been appointed Military Commander of the Moscow district.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.. KERENSKY BELIEVED TO BE IN FINLAND UKRAINE AUTHORITIES WITHDRAWING ALL TROOPS. . . , Stockholm, November 30. Genoral Dukhonm has issued an Army Order stating that he will retire without resisting with his officers if Ensign Krylenko comes to Headquarters. The Bolsheviki are untiringly searching for Korensky, who is believed to be living in disguise in Finland. It is reported that the Ukraine authorities are withdrawing all the troops, leaving the sector exposed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPORTED ARREST OF KERENSKY. (Rec. December 2,.11.5 p.m.) . t _ , , , Petrograd, December 1. It is reported that Aerensky has been arrested.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COUNTERING THE RUSSIAN DEFECTION. I (Rec. December 2, 1i.5 p.m.) Paris, December 1. The universal question is: "What are tho Allies doing with a view to countering the Russian defection?" It is believed that the Bolsheviki may yet be overthrown if the Allies will rally their adversaries. Anyway, tho Allied Staffs are agreed that they are able to cope with tho Austro-German divisions released in tho event of a complete Russian defection.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. y THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS MEETING-PLACE OF RUSSIAN AND GERMAN PLENIPOTENTIARIES. Petrograd, -November 30. The Russian delegates telegraph that the Russians and German plenipotentiaries will meet at midday on Sunday, where tho Dvinsk-Vilna railway, west of tho village of Knkhalishky, crosses between tho opposing military . lines. They will travel by special train to the German Headquarters on the Eastern front, at Brest Litovsk.—Reuter. 1

GERMANY'S REASON FOR NEGOTIATING WITH THE BOLSHEVIKI. (Reo. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) coponhagon, November SO. The Danish Press opines thai Germany would never have negotiated with the liolslieviki had theso had the remotest possibility of retaining control. The fact of Germany negotiating suggests that she is anxious for a political purpose to take advantage of the extremists' temporary possession of'power in Russia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN POLICY REGARDING THE POURPARLERS STATEMENT BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER. (Rec. December 2, 11.5 p.m.) ' Amsterdam, December 1. - ■ In tho Reichstag Dr. von Kuhlmann, Foreign Minister, referring to the Russo-Gcrman peace pourparlers, said: "The Germans' policy must be guided by- our firm but moderate statesmanship, based upon the facts/' Ho spoke vaguely about the reorganisation of affairs in the East. The German Government was fully taking account of the rights of all to determino their own destinies, with the qualification that it was a permanent essential that RussoGerman interests must be safeguarded. He declared that tho rumours that Rumania had offered to negotiate for peace were not confirmed. —Router. FATHERLAND PARTY OPPOSES A GENERAL TRUCE, (Rofc. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, December 1 The German Fatherland party has petitioned the Reichstag to oppose a general truce, believing it would bo advantageous to "England.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PROTEST AGAINST PUBLICATION OF TREATIES Stockholm, November 30. Tho Allied Ambassadors at Petrograd have protested against the publication of the treaties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITAIN NOT CONSULTED IN FRANCO-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT. London, November 30. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil, in reply to a question, said tho agreement between France and Russia,' whereby the west bank of tho Rhine was to be taken from Germany, was not made after consultation with Britain.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GENERAL STRIKE IN FINLAND FEARED MAY LEAD TO APPALLING CIVIL WAR. . . . ' . Stockholm, November 30. It is fcaied that the Socialists in Finland: "will proclaim a general strike, as a protest against the Bourgeois Government, and that this will lead to an appalling qivil war.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COALITION GOVERNMENT APPOINTED BY FINNISH DIET. mi Copenhagen, November 30. The Finnish Diet by 100 rotes to 80 appointed a Bourgooise Coalition Government.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ITALIAN RESISTANCE UPSETS ENEMY PLANS VON HINDENBUKG LEADING AUSTBO-GERHAN FORCES HUNS DESTROYING UDINE Washington, November 30. l Official dispatches from Rome Btate that von Hindenburg is personally loading the Austro-Germans in Italy. He planned that General C'onrad von • Hoetzondorf's army should sweep the Sette Comuni Plateau, and that ths armies of Krobatkin and von Bulow should traverse the Brenta Valley, cross tha mountains, and descend on tho Venetian Plains. The Italian resistance upset both .schemes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE KEPT UP. London, November 30. An Italian official report states: "There is intense artillery fire, particu. larly at Monte Meletta and on the plains of tho Middle and Lower Piave; A' British monitor secured a direct hit on a bridge of tots , near Passarelfa."— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.-Reuter. AUSTRO-GERMAN FORCES PREPARING TO ATTACK. London, November 30. Mr. Ward Price reports that the snow has ceased in tlio mountains, and the Italian airman have observed the movement of considerable Austro-Ger-man forces, which are preparing to attack.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DEFENCE INCREASING IN STUBBORNNESS. Amsterdam, November 30. German war corrospondents r'eport that the Italian resistance is becoming increasingly stubborn. The plains fire bathed in sunshine, but the mountain troops ara lying in snow. The Italians have some protection, but the Germans. liavo only holes in the snow.—Aus.-N.Z. Calble Assn. GERMANS SET FIRE TO UDINE (Rec. December 2, 11.5 p.m.) Rome, December 1. . Mr. Peroival Gibbon stateß that the Germans set fire to the town of Udine. The dataago amounts to £400,000. —Reuter. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. (Rec. December 2, 11.5 p.m.) ' London, December 1. A German official report states: "Italian attacks against Monte Pettica ' failed."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.