CHAOS IN RUSSIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4874, 21 May 1918, Page 5

CHAOS IN RUSSIA.

CONDITIONS IN PETROCRAD.

ENTENTE ACTION URGED.

PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED.

MENACE OF GERMANISM.

Australian ar.d N.Z. Cable Association

T A ~ LONDON, May 19: . latest advices from Retro era cl grve a deplorable account of the conrmThtt ]i J e f th f Thereis tbl<i , food and the official rations scarcely sustain existence Con 5T C eft ?, nd fraud arc ramPfmt. lho small quantity of urovisions m private hands leads to ex£s&t at r pi ' ofite f ring - Hams cost sterling, and a single egg 3s and rum. genG ' V iS g ° ing to sinn Ja £ im i’ r + ® oUrbeff ’ a famous Ru.-. released °r Utl ° n -S I T’ who was recently released from Potrograd fortress has XT'S 1 SR 0 ?. 1 ;" 01 "*-, L <> Six .1 Doily Chronicle ]iq sums un the causes of Russia’s debacle attriaud n BoUh tC i • Kep ] ul)lic ' an weakness l? l , B °J I s, ? e I vIJ U vindictiveness. The SslrSed “ PUrl,OSe Kethf • n,?, l T be a - firail y believes that sell T? B ° lsllev - lkl Mways intended to te e, RuS ® la ordc , r to have leisure to oigamse Anarchist propaganda. Bnl«b dd? i • t l £ t t] - le Germans even in Bolsheviki Russia are calmly buying banks estates, ships, and railways Hie Bolsheviki have appointed Ganetsky to contro; National Petrograd Banks. Ganetsky is a notorious German agent and was once caught redhanded. M. Bourbeff says he . and other revolutionaries now perceive that tiie revolution has been a calamity. The entire French press Urges an early combined effort to solve the Russian problem and prevent Germany re-organising Russia in Germany s interests. Hie Temps says: The' first necessity is a coherent method. It suggests ih.\t th& Entente begin by getting coherent information, hy' centralising, and examining news. For tnia Washington would be the most suitable centre. Mutinies occurred in German regiments at Wesenberg, Esthonia. Several officers were killed. The German high command sent trustworthy troops and arrested two hundred of the mutineers. Ten were immediately shot. Another mutiny occurred in a German regiment at Dvinsk. A Moscow telegram states that negotiations aro proceeding for settling the ex-Czar and family in Switzerland, journeying via Roumania and Austria. The Czar’s family is willing to go to Switzerland. The Amsterdam newspapers state that the ex-Czar is being court-mar-tialled at Moscow in June. The Vorwaefts, a Berlin paper, states that the various German Courts are most excited regarding the opportunities of obtaining thrones in the East. Agents are journeying in all directions on behalf of the competing claims. As there will he at most six thrones to distribute and the German dynasties number twenty-two, the Yorwaerts suggests filling the thrones with Turkish princes, otherwise German unity would be imperilled. The Morning Post’s Stockholm correspondent says: Three leading Red Guard generals were executed at Helsingfors yesterday. The rebellion may he considered at ended. Information has reached Russian diplomatic circles that General Sempnoff’s forces are moving on Irkutsk steadily. It is expected he will soon reach Lake Baikal, which would remove control of Siberia east of the lake from the Soviet Government at Moscow. ENEMY IN TRGUBLE. SITUATION IN KIEFF. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received Mav 20. 5.5 p.m.) BERNE, May 19. Several attempts have been made of late at Kieff against the occupying authorities, and street fighting has occurred.

SITUATION IN KIEFF. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received Mav 20. 5.5 p.m.) BERNE, May 19. Several attempts have been made of late at Kieff against the occupying authorities, and street fighting has occurred. The German Command, in conjunction with the Divisional Government, decreed a state of siege and arrested many members of the Revolutionary Committee and sent them for trial by the military courts.

RUSSIAN EXASPERATION.

WAR THAT WON’T STOP. ARMY BEING RE-ORGANISED. Admiralty—Per Wireless Press. (Received May 20, 5.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 19. A Russian official report points out that the Germans, despite the agreement for a cessation of hostilities, are still engaged in military operations in the Don region. The Government has communicated . with General Oirbach, pointing out that there was no justification for refusing an armistice and requested General Oirbach to expedite his reply with a view to restoring peaceful conditions. The People’s Commissaries have sent a message to the Provincial Councils ordering compliance within a week with the decree for the creation of a strong united Red Army to defend the republic from internal and external enemies.

THE COSSACK LEADER.

AN INTERESTING • THEORY. • Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received May 21, T. 30 a-m.) NEW YORK, May 20. It is believed that in the event of an emergency General SomenofT, the Cossack leader, would co-operate with China and Japan against Germany. SINISTER GERMAN DESIGN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received May 21, 1 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 19.Washington officials point out that the Germans are using influence, through Turkey, in order to strengthen Teutonic power with the Mohammedans. ______