Russian Developments.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 47, 7 February 1920, Page 5

Russian Developments.

PEACE WITH POLAND.

WANTED BY THE SOVIET.

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Moscow, Feb. 5. The Soviet’s manifesto to the Polish workmen declares that the Soviet does not desire the conquest of Poland, but peace with her. The Russian people recognise Poland’s independence, and will do so for all time.—(A. and N.Z.) RUSSIAN SOVIET’S POLICY. ORGANISING"WORKERS. UNDER ARMY DISCIPLINE. Archangel, Feb. 4. An extraordinary changed attitude is reflected in the speeches of Lenin and Trotsky at a Soviet Conference in Moscow on national economy. An officially published report states that Lenin emphasised the necessity of substituting autocratic for associated power in the organisation of Government and industry as already adopted in the army. Trotsky said that the only means of strengthening the Soviet’s power was to assemble workmen in factories and send them from place to place on the Government’s instructions and for the peasants to be turned into labour corps under military disci pline.—(Reuter.) VLADIVOSTOCK GOVERNMENT HANDED OVER TO REVOLUTIONARIES. London, Feb. 4.

Mr. Wilton, “Times’ ” correspondent, supplies details of the transfer of power at Vladivostock. A deputation of the Revolutionary Government entered the city under American protection and demanded peaceful surrender within twenty-four hours, otherwise the city would be surrounded. The deputation promised that the Japanese withdrawal would be unhindered and agreed that the Allied fleet be utilised for the protection of civilian life and property. The mission was received but was doomed to failure. Japanese troops from transports rushed the outskirts of the city, formmg a cordon at the peninsula, enabling Rozanor to hold the city. Ultimately the revolutionaries were permitted to peacefully enter. —(Reuter.)