THE RUSSIAN TANGLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1719, 9 January 1920, Page 5

THE RUSSIAN TANGLE.

TROTSKY'S MANIFESTO, By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON. '.. 6. A Bolshevik wireless says thut the PoJ» ish army has beg2.ij an offensive with ai view to relieving the pressure on Denikcn. The message adds that the Bolsheviks have abandoned Dvinsk. Meanwhile t)ie offensive against Doniken continues to make progress, Trotsky haa issued a manifesto calling' the Cossacks' attention to the plight of Dcniken and Koltehak. Trotsky offers to overlook the past if they now side with die Soviets, and suggests holding a Cossack Congress, to discuss the matter. DENIKEN'S ARMIES DIVIDED. Australian-New Zealand Cable As»ooiation. LONDON, Jan. 7. Tlio Bolsheviks have reached the Sea of Azov, thus dividing Deniken's armies'. Tho Bolsheviks have commenced a definite advance on Odessa over a broad front. Tho Odessa population is panic-stricken Tho capture of Dvinsk brings about the contact of forces engaged in Polish, Lettish and Esthonian operations.

BOLSHEVIK CLAIMS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Jan. 6. The Bolsheviks claim to have captured Mariupol (on the north coast of the Sea of Azov). They report that some of the enemy boarded steamers, while others fled along the coast. PEACE OFFER FROM LENIN. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7. An Esthonian paper announces that the British representative in the Baltic countries, Colonel Tallent, has started for London to transmit a new peace offer from. Lenin, containing the promise to abolish terrorism. JAPANESE TROOPS MOVING. flealand Cable Association. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Newspapers' state that Japanese troops in Siberia, numbering 100,000, are moving upon a position east of Lake Baikal, with a definite plan to check the Bolsheviks. GERMANY LOOKING TOWARDS RUSSIA. Australian-New Zealand Cablo Association. BERLIN. Jan. 6. The idea is spreading in Germany that Russia can be built up with German assistance, to their mutual advantage. Erzberger, in a striking speech at, Stuttgart, said: "Germany declines to participate in warlike measures against Russia and Poland. Even with French help, we cannot solve the Russian problem: even British money is ineffective. Germany has successfully stood as sentry for two years for European culture, without support or thanks from the west. Now if the door westward is closed, over-populated Germany must obtain freedom of movement eastward."