THE ROMANOFFS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 July 1918, Page 5

THE ROMANOFFS.

DEATH OF THE TAHgAtTOA. (Australian and N.Z. Canie .la^ciiiuuu.i Received This Day, 9.23 a.m. NEW YORK, -Inly 2.. German reports state mat e::Tsarevitch Alexis has died of exposure. The Russian Army is , mU;i.i ing, THE MERMAN GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE ' ALLIES. ' (Australian and N.Z. -Cable Association.) Received this dav at 3.45 a.m. LONDON, July 24. Russian wireless lias issued the text of an agreement between Great Britain, the Knifed States, and France, and the Mnrman Regional Council providing for co-ordinate action for the defence of the Murman region against the German Coalition Powers. The agreement describes the region as the former Alexandrnv.sk district of the Province of ArUargelesk, and provides that the Entente equip and instruct Russian armed forces of Mnrmnns, which, it m stipulated, will be under Russian command. Tbe Entente undertake not t*n interfere with Murman Eternal affairs, and the Regional Council undertake energetic precautionagainst espionage. The Entente undertake to secure food and staple requirementfor the Murman population, tb° necessary technical equipment and financial assistance for the Merman authorities. The agreement is binding until normal relations between the Russian central authority on the one part and the Murmansk Council and the Entente on the other are re-established. The Entente d Wlcnm emrnmrmg any part of Murmansk, and jointly with the Murmansk Con oil declare that the only oh met of the agreement is to guard Murnian integrity for n great united RussiaIN THE UKRAINE. SERIOUS LABOUR TROUBLES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received this day at 1.30 p.m. AMSTERDAM. July 24. Tlffe railwaymen in the Ukraine have struck and all traffic is at a standstill. The Minister for Railways threatened to put the railways under the German military if the strike continues. Local strike leaders at Rovno have been arrested. The disorder throughout 7 the country is increasing’. A tremendous exnlosion martially destroyed the General EUetrie Company’s factory at Plavon and there were many deaths. IN ENEMY mrYTTTro FOOD SUPPLIES. TROUBLE WITH ROUMANIANS. ROME, July 23. It is officially stated that strife exists between the Germans and Roumanians over the seizures of food. Many German troops have been sent to insist on the grain being handed over. HINDENBURG ’S FATE. IS HE DEAD OR SLEEPING? AMSTERDAM, July 23. Many Hindenhuvg rumours are current, and it is impossible to discover whether ho is dead, sick, or disgraced. He has not been mentioned since Hie recent offensive was launched. A Berne message says that Himienburg is seriously ill, and has taken no part in military operations this year. Speaking greatly fatigues him, and he is incapable of writing. POSITION IN GERMANY. PEOPLE’S MORALE DISTURBED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received this dav at 1.30 p.m. AMSTERDAM, July, 24. The failure on the Marne has seriously shaken the German population’s morale. The newspapers give prominence ‘to tranqnilising articles. They deny the rumour of attempts on the lives of the Kaiser and Hindenbnrg. RTJRMARTNE OAMP ATT?N IN EUROPEAN WATERS. U-BOAT’S OPERATIONS (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received Julv 2U 1.-15 p.m. WASHINGTON. Julv 22. It is announced that, a. U-boat, is operating off the Massachusetts coast. Three barges were shelled and a tug is afire. WHITE STAR LINER SUNK. FIGHT WITH A U-BOAT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! Received This Dav, 9.35 a.m. LONDON, July 21. T! ic White Star liner Justitia• was sunk off the Irish coast. Four hundred survivors, landed in Ireland. She was outward bound. She fought a> U-hoat for twenty-four hours. Only eleven wore killed. PEACITpROPOSALS. A GERMAN OFFER. MADE, THROUGH SPAIN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received This Day, 9.25 a.m. NEW YORK, July 24, Germany made overtures to Spain, offering peace on the basis eff her Eastern conquests.