RUSSIA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 80, 19 March 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

MILITARY OPERATIONS. (Received 19, 9.35 a.m.) London, March 18. The Esthonians counter-attacked on the Pskov front, heavily defeating be Bolsheviks. Lettish troops have captured Tuckuni, the Boisneviks retreating. The Letts have reached the middle of Courland. (.deceived 19, 9.35 a.m.) Copenhagen, March 18. The Ukranians have entered Przemysl. The Ukraine has refused the Allies’ conditions for assistance against the Bolsheviks. (Received 19, 9.25 a.m.) Paris. March 18. Omsk reports state that the Siberian army has successfully begun an offensive. The Bolsheviks admit retreating in the southern Urals. — (A. and N.Z.) (Received 19, 10.0 a.m.) London. March 14. Archangel reports that fighting against the Bolsheviks is in progress. l ive hundred of the enemv have been killed in a fortnight. Ad-

ditional Russian forces are being trained to supplement the Allies' efforts. (Received 19, 10.0 a.m.) Copenhagen, March 14. The Bolsheviks in the Baltic regions have sustained severe lossBOLSHEVIK MURDERS AT KIEFF. Helsingfors, March 13. After entering Kieff the Bolsheviks murdered the professors and' several municipal officials, eleven journalists, and Baron Orsky (the Ukraine emissary to Paris), La Bolon sky (an eminent surgeon) and ‘Estimenko (a philosopher).— (The Times). BOLSHEVIK EXPENDITURE OX FOREIGN PROPAGANDA. (Received 19, 1.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, March 14. The Bolsheviks up to March 11 ti had spent three hundred millions o’ roubles on foreign propaganda. It is alleged that- a large sum was devoted to British newspapers.