THE CAPTURE OF HELSINGFORS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 179, 18 April 1918, Page 5

THE CAPTURE OF HELSINGFORS

THREE DAYS' STREET FIGHTING THOUSANDS OF RED GUARDS ! CAPTURED 1 I ■ ! London, April 16. >j l.ho Germans took Helsingfcrs after .: tkreo days' fighting in the streets and - : the neighbouring forests. Thousands of 7 Red Guards wero„ captured. The Uer-''* mans are advancing eastwards along the railway towards Viborg.—Reutcr. THE BETRAYAL OF THE BALTIC PROVINCES' Amsterdam, April 16. The- Kaiser, replying,to the joint resolution of the State. Councils of Livonia, Esthonia, Kiga,' and; Oesel, 6aid: "I. ! thank God that Ha has enabled mo and ' my armies to liberate an ancient land ' created by German labours. The Coim- "" cils' demand for union with the German, j Empire will be kindly received."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. [A Berlin official message published on Monday slated: Tho State Councils of Livonia, Esthonia, Riga, and Oesel have ; jointly passed a resolution expressing their desire to become, vrith Courland, part of tho German Empire under ft common Constitution.] GERMAN SUBMARINES SENT TO i VLADIVOSTOK j WITH THE CONNIVANCE OF THE j BOLSHEVIKI. (Eec. April 17, 8.20 p.m.) I Tokio, April 16. [ The newspapers declare that there is evidence that German submarines manufactured by Krupps liavo been sent to ; Vladivostok in parts, via tho TransSiberian railway, with the connivance of the Bolsheviki.—Router.