MASSACRES IN ALAND ISLANDS
BOLSHEVIKS EMPLOY BLOOD
HOUNDS,
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND! CABLE ASSOCIATION.) STOCKHOLM, 14th February. Two thousand Russian soldiers have established a reign of terror in tho Aland Isands, and are massacring the civilian population, who are powerless owing to their lack of weapons. The Bolsheviks have drawn up regular bills of proscription against their enemies, and Rre emplayong bloodhounds to track escapees.
[The Aland (pronounced Oland) Islands are a numerous archipelago lying in the ■ entrance of the Gulf of Bothnia, between Finland and Sweden. The population numbers about 30,000; 'the people are of Swedish origin and are chiefly sailors and fishermen. The islands; formerly Swedish, wore taken by Russia in 1809.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 7
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