RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 25 October 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA

PETBQCRAP ENDANGERED ? CONFLICTING VIEWS. (Auntraliah and N.ZI Cable Association- • PETROGRAD, .'Oct. 23. General Brusilpff, in an article in a Moscow newspaper, declares, that there are no adequate grounds for alarm .for Petrograd this autumn or winter. The enemy cannbt have large reserves, and the mud, frost, and insufficient railways and want of food will make such an operation a hopeless enterprise, despite the inefficiency of i the Russian* . army and .navy .An advance on. Petrograd through Finland,is improbable. . Admiral Neimith,. commander, of the Black Sea Fleet, is more pessimistic. He believes that the seizures of Riga and Oesel are stages ,of a calculated operation against Petrograd. The only thing in Russia's favour is Germany s weakness. It is almost certain that Germany will take Reval during the winter. , . _, . , , General Dukhanm, the new Chief of Staff, interviewed, said the Germans landed at Werder m order to prevent an attack on t&e islands. He did not expect serious land operations before the spring. PRELIMINARY PARLIAMENT. CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS. (Reuter's T«l»gr*mß.) (Rec. Get. 25, 12.50 p.m.) 1 PETROGRAD, Oct. 24. In the discussions at the preliminary Parliament, the Minister of War declared that the provisioning of the army, was severely, 'hampered, by the action of certain provinces which had plenty of .bread, refusing ±o give it. _ The Minister of Marine admitted that I the relations of officers and bluejackets at -H'el&ingfors were most strained, but the question of discipline had ibeen seti tied on the basis of mutual confidence of the sailors and officers on the warships participating in the ■battles in the I G-ulf of Riga,, , ', , ~ General Alexieff declared that the •army must save* itself, as it could not •at present depend on the rear.

GVL Kerensky protested against General Alexieff's statement that the army was incapable of fulfilling its duty. But for fanatics and traitors, Russia and her Allies would have had an honourable peace by Christmas.

GERMAN BALTIC FLEET

IMPORTANT ACCESSIONS. and N.Z. Cable Association STOCKHOLM, Oct. 23. The Tidende says the situation is most menacing for Petrograd. The Germans are incorporating with the Baltic fleet. the most, modem ships, which are leaving Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven daily. ESCAPE OF A RUSSIAN WARSHIP MAIN BALTIC FLEET REJOINED. (Reuter'B Telegrams.) (Rec. Oct. 25, 11.25 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Oct. 24. A Russian warship in the Gulf of Riga succeeded in 'rejoining the main Baltic fleet.

INTERNAL DISORDERS

FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE IN DISTILLERY FIRE. 'Australian and NJ.Z. Gable Association PETROGRAD, Oct. 23. Seven hundred and fifty people perished in a fire in a. distillery at the town of Kstiluik, in the province of Podalit, which soldiers and peasants are pillaging.

WOSKMFN AND SOLDIERS' DELEGATES

AN ARMISTICE WANTED. -Aisetaalwi and N.Z. Gahl* Association (Rec. Oct. (25, 11.25 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Oct. 24. • The local Council of Workmen and Soldiers' Delegates , adopted a Maximilist resolution in favour of a speedy peace and) accusing M. Kerensky of a wish to surrender Petrograd to the enemy ; again demanding that all power he handed over to the Council of Workmen and Soldiers' Delegates; and inr structin- the executive to propose an armistice to all nations ; hut pending an arrangement of peace, Petrograd must be defended.

SUBMARINES

BRAZILIAN STEAMER TORPEDOED-. (Australian and N.Z. Gaibls Association.) Madrid; Oct. 23. Advices from F errol show that. a G,erman submarine . sank the Brazilian steamer Makan,. 6000 .tons,, carrying ; a valuable cargo. The captain was made a prisoner.

LATEST LOSSES. (Rec. Oct. 25, 12.5 p.m:> COPENHAGEN, Oct. 24. The Danish steamers Anglodane and Flynderborg were mined "on voyages from England. The Norwegian steamer Leander was submarined. The crew were rescued except one. The steamer Ranfos, carrying corn for Belgian relief, stranded on the Norwegian coast, and is .a total wreck.

AMUNDSEN'S PROTEST

GERMAN DECORATIONS RETURNED. (A-ostraJia* and N>Z\. Cable Association.) (Rec. Oct." 25, 11.25 a.m:) CHRISTIAN!!, Oct. 24. Captain Amundaen, in a Jeter to the German Legation, returning the Gerr man decorations awarded him for. his Antarctic explorations, explains that his action is a personal protest, as_ a Norwegian sailor, .against the murder of the peace I ill Norwegian sailors, par r . ticularising the destruction -of r the Convoy in the North Sea. ..-, s- ' "•: '-,

BRITISH NAVALLOSSEB

DESTROYER AND MERCHANT CRUISER. LONDON, Oct. 23. The Admiralty reports that a destroyer was sunk as the .result, of a collision. Two officers and 22 men were The armed mercantile cruiser Orama was torpedoed and ■ sunk on Friday. There were no casualties.

SUBMERSING CRUJSERS

GERMANY SAID TO BE BUILDING, THEM. VESSELS HAVE WORLDWIDE RANGE. Aa#traH*n nauL N.2.' % OaJ»le- 4i»oolatK-. (Rec. Oct. 25, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. A writer in the tDaily Mail declares that Germany is building numerous diving cruisers of six to eight thousand tons, armed with eight-inch guns. They will have a world-wide range and be able to submerge quickly. It was probably tw» of them that sung the North_ Sea convoy, adding obviously to the submarine peril, which is the third and most dangerous phase.

FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS

THE CRISIS SETTLED. RETIREMENT OF M. RTBOT. {Reutor'ii Telegram*. ) PARIS,. Oct, .23. The Cabinet crisis has been settled, all Ibe , Ministers remaining in office except M. Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is replaced by M. Barthou.

A NEW POST PiROBABLE

(Rec. Oct. 25, 12.5 p.m.) ./ .LONDON., Oct. 24., The Daily Telegraph's , Paris .correspondent says' a new Cabinet post may be introduced in the of a Minister, representing the Premier in Parliament, equivalent to a Leader of the House, which has hitherto been unknown in France. The post may be entrusted to M. Viyiani; who is> "a skilled Parliamentarian, which is M. Painleve's weakest- point.

TERRORISM. IN BELGIUM. NINETEEN EXECUtIDiN'S AT GHENT, AMSTERDAM; Oct. 23. iNinpteen Belgians, ( including several, women, were executed at Ghent for espionage. irt«liif—permanent and lasting, .is within the reach ot every sufferer frim Rheumatism, Gout,. fliciatica arid Lumbago. A few dosea of RHEUMO «eldoin fail to quickly euri. , RHBUMO removes from the blood the exeess Uric Acid—the cause of the trouble. 2s 6d and 4a 6d.