THE RUSSIAN SITUATION

Evening Star, Issue 17118, 11 August 1919, Page 6

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION

"WHAT THE BOISHEVIKS AIM AT.

RENEWED GERMAN ACTIVITIES.

Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.

LONDON, August 8. (Received August 11, at 8.55 Jk.ni.) A disgnisr-d Russian who escaped from service "with tl* Bolsheviks hos onived i here He ptales that German Soviet* have been strongly established in Peteograd and erioy special privileges. Lenin and the other Bolshevik chiefs make the nwst of the German-vramed srmv, but stUl-regaTcl the. Bolshov&.propasrand'a as the first line of attack. iney I are convinced of the necessity for a -warlaiwide revolution. . . « The Soviets are loudly proclaiming that the British withdrawal is tantamount to a The remnant of tho population in Peto>. crad is being mercilessly controlled, and Is working Without pay for the Soviets. The people arc receiving ono b«*S» »«J dailv. The. administration of the. city basket reduced to the lowest state of lnefhciencv, while the factories axe Ant, with the exception of the munition worke, whew tho Political Committee constantly interfere with the management. Iho. sjaryea workers are cruelly tion being their sole relief, and »s afcohol » not obtainatolo various substitutes including mixtures of gasoline, petrol, and ether) are b-ing used.