A DRIVE FROM THE ARCTIC COAST

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 245, 4 July 1918, Page 5

A DRIVE FROM THE ARCTIC COAST

GERMAN-FINNISH CONCENTRATION Washington, July 2. Official French advices state' that 40,008 German and Finnish mercenary troops are concentrated at Viborg in preparation for a drivo on tho Murman coast and Kola (on tho Arctic coast).—Aus.-NX Cable Assn. THE ESCAPE OF,THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEI , BOLSHEVIEI ANGRY AND VINDICTIVE. i.Rec. July 3, 8.10 p.m.) Copenhagen, July 2. The Arohbishop of Perm has been ar-' rested in connection with the escape of tho Grand Duko Michael, whoso wife, the Countess Brasova, has been arrested at Petrograd. Tho Bolshoviki are growing impatient at the frequent alarms about the dynasty, and are raising the question of settling the fato of the Romanoffs so as to bo dono with them finally.—"The Times." THE FATE OF THE EX-TSAR (Rec. July 3, 8.10 p.m.) Copenhagen, July 2. The ' Petrograd Soviet Commissioners describe tho loported murder of the exTsar as a base fabrication.—"The Times." FIRMS EXPELLING BRITISH SUB- ■ JECTS. (Rec. July 3, 8.15 p.m.) Copenhagen, July 2. Tli 3 military authorities in Finland have decided to expel all British subjects—"Tho Times." ' A FUTILEJROMISE. (Roc. July 3, S.-I0 p.m.) London, July 2. Tho "Daily Chronicle's" Stockholm correspondent learns from a Russian sourco that tho Bdlsheviki, in response to an urgent demand, have promised to disarm ; and hand over the Czecho-Slovaks to Ger- i many. The Bolshovik Government in Snmara lias been overthrown. Some members of tho Constituent Assembly have formed a Provisional Government and issued a proclamation that they will exercieu power until the Constituent Assombly meets.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , '■ GERMANS DISMEMBERING THE ,; , CAUCASUS Moscow, July 2. Tho Germans have hurriedly carried out a scheme for dismembering the Caucasus. Tho eclicmo includes an independent Armenia, the re-establishment of an independent Georgia, and the establishment of a now State, including Baku and part of the Elisnbetpol (Us-trict.-AHS.-NX Cablo Assn. GERMANISING OF'cOURLAND Amsterdam, July 2. ; In connection with von Kuhlniaim's declaration in his last speech in the Reichstag that Courlanil is already regarded as Qermtvi territory, a tulegram from Kovno significantly states that von Hindonburg lias issued an order relative to tho land question, paving the way for tho Gorman colonisation of Courlnnd.—Reuter,