Russia.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 117, 3 May 1919, Page 5

Russia.

SIGNS OF BOLSHEVIK COLLAPSE. ALLIES MUST TAKE THE CAPITALS. London, May 1. General Ironside reports from Archangel under date April 30. There was no activity on the British front since April 28. Three, enemv boats appeared on the Dwina river opposite the British front. Deserters continue to arrive. A Helsingfors message states the Allied position at Archangel strong and anxiety is unwarranted. The Murman position is as firm as a rock. London, May 2. The British Governor of Archangel believes that with the reinforcements now en route a decision will be forced this summer; The Russians will soon clear the Bolshevist:out if the Allies insist on the capture of Moscow and Petrograd. An official announcement states that the Bolshevik Government suggested exchanging imprisoned members of the British Mission in the Caucasus for certain Russians. Negotiations are proceeding for the release of all British prisoners in Bolshevik hands. KOLCHAK NEARING THE VOLGA. London, April 22. A Russian Bolshevist communique relative to tne fighting against the Siberians shows that Admiral Kolchak in five weeks advanced 190 miles, and is now within a hundred miles of the Volga. He captured the important town of Sarapul.—(A. and N.Z.) THE LUNATIC LENIN. (Received 3, 1.5 p.m.) (Delayed.) Landon, April 20. A Geneva message states that Lenin, interviewed, said: “We are seeking to annihiliate the power of money in the world. Hence hundreds of thousands of rouble notes are being issued daily from the Bolshevik treasury with the deliberate intention of destroying the value of money. As it is impossible to root out capitalism by confiscation, we are flooding the country with votes without financial guarantees of any sort.” Lenin is also entering on vast agricultural schemes, under the influence of Confucius whom he is studying, based on the manufacture of a great quantity of scientific and agricultural machinery and implements with which he intends to develop Russian icsources with the utmost rapidity.