RUSSI

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 164, 9 July 1918, Page 5

RUSSI

SfcNgATIONAkEVOT3 REPORTED NEW MOYEMENT GROWING. CRISIS RAPIBDY 'AiPPROACHTNG. (Australian and N.Z- Cable Association.) (Rec. ■ Julv 9, 9.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 8. Newspapers gwe prominence to the ■week-end reports of a sensational series of events in It is believed that a great crisis is rapidly approaching. Petrograd reports indicate that the Ukraine revolt is growing. The bourgeoisie are alarmedi, because the Germans are withdrawing and refusing to give battle. Only 30.00$ trooos are available in -the Kieff region They are urgently demanding reinforcements. It is stated that the total peasant troops number 200,000, of which 75,000 are well equipped and efficiently officered. They are advancing from the Fastov railway junction <to Kieff, forty miles to the north-east. 'Communications between Kieff and ■Odessa have been <mt. The Ukraiuan Government has ordered the restitution of lands to their former owners, promising a complete scheme of agrarian reforms.

ASSASSINATION CF MIRBACH

"REAL RULER OF RUSSIA." KERENSKY'S VIEWS. {Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. July 9. 8.50 a.m.) PAIR IS, July 8. Kerehsky. referring to Mirbach (the murdered German Ambassador at Moscow), said that while he deplored the taking of- human life, he was glad that Mirbach had been killed. His death was a. good thing for Russia, and may mark the beginning of a renafesance. It may. hwtiaite. a Government at Moscow against Germany. The Germans were now certain to oi-cupy Moscow. Mirbach. had been the real ruler of Russia. He got on well with Lenin and 'Trotsky. V ,~ TREMENDOUS SENSATION . •'.-■•■■.' , CAUSE©. GRIAVE DiEVELOPMENTS EX- :'■-.- PECTED. ' -\—- — ■ . • (Außtraliaii and N.Z. Cable Association-^ (Rec. July 9, 10.15 a.m.) MOSCOW, July 8. Two unknown ijieni requested' an interview with General von Mirbach, an a pretext of presenting a petition. They entered the Ambassador's room, where Reigler, secretary of the Legation, and a "German officer, were in attendance. One stranger fired two revolver shots, hitting Mirbach in the head. . The other threw three bombs, .inflicting fatal injuries. . The murderers escaped! by a window. Reigler and the officer were unintjured. , The murder has caused a tremendous sensation in political and military circles, and grave developments are expected. '-'..,

SEARCH EDR THE MURDERERS. EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES. ,Australian and N.Z. 'Cable Association and Reuter./ (Rec. July 9, 10.15 a.m.) / LONDON, July 8. •' A Russia/n wireless message states thait Lenin, in • informing Ambaeador Joffe in Berlin of the murder of Mirbach. orders him to to immediately vi?Lt Von Kuhlmann (German Minister of Foreign; Affairs) and. express indignation. Lenin, Sverlof er, Tchitfcherin, and 1 Karawan, on receipt of the news, immediately assured the chief of the German Mission that extraordinary measures would be taken for the discovery of the murderers. The whole quarter wherein, the Embassy is situated was immediately surrounded with troops iand severe -corutrol establish'&d oveu, arrivals and. departures from the town. An extraordinary will be despatched to Berlin to express in* dignation. GERMAN EXPEDITION PROB- * ABLE. %

(Rec. July 9, 12.55 p.m.) PARTS, July 8. A Germaai expedition to Moscow is anticipated as a result of Mirbach's murder. BOLSHEVIK EXCESSES IN THE EAST. MUiRDEIR AND PILLAGE. * (Rec. July 9. 12.55 p.m.) * ' PEKIN, July 8. (Rec. July 9, 12.55 v.m.) (PIEKIN, July 8. The Russian Consuls in Chinese Turkestan describe the wanton savagery and ruthless greed of the armed Bolsheviks who are overrunning Central Asia.. iSent as an expedition to Bokhara, ostensibly to entforce reforms', they seized' four mil-Moris sterling from the State Bank, looted and destroyed the town, shot peasants working in the fields,, violated women, and later invaded Serarrechia. __ It is repofted thati they murdered 1000 Chinese. _- Some. Cossacks, assembled in northem Semireehia, are resisting, and ap-peaKiig'-to the- Allies for assistance.

- -ANOTHER MOSCOW MURDER. (Rec. Julv 9, 10.15 a.m.) " LONDON, July 8. Volodarsky, the Bolshevik Government's press commissioner, was killed by a revolver shot at Moscow. The murd'erer escaped.

j RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET

TURKISH DEMAND- FOR POSSESSION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec July 9, 8.50 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 8. Turkish newspapers demand that the I Russian Black Sea Fleet (now in the j hands of the Germans-) be handed over j .to Turkey.

j AMERICAN ECONOMIC MISSION

SUPPORTED BY ALLIED TROOPS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

(Rec. Julv 9. 9.5 a.m.) \ NEW YORK, July 8. j It is authoritatively stated -that the United States sends* to Russia an j economic mission, supported by a po- ! lice force of Inter-Allied troops to es- . tablish order.

iVIURMAM POPULATION

JOINS THE ENTENTE. JAustranan and N.Z. Cable Associntion.l (Rec. JuV 9. 8.50 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, July 8. The Tiden Stegon states that the whole Murman population has broken off from Russia and joined .the Entente. Provisions have arrived at Murman from America.

SITUATION IN THE EAST

OZEOHO-SLOVAiKS MASTERS.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.l

(Rec July 9. 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 8.

The Daily Express" Tokio correspon■uent reports that despite the tok Soviet's elaborate measures to resist the Czecho-Slovaks, the latter, under the young Russian General Dittric, formerly Dukhovitch's Chief of Staff, easily dispossessed the Bolsheviks of arms and ammunition.

The Czecho-Slovaks in the Far East are cut off from their comrades in Western .Siberia, but developments suggest that they will soon jointly control •the trans-Siberian railway.

The Czecho-Slovak movement is entirley_ spontaneous, and may prove a rallying point for the Siberian party of order, and may lead .to a natural and satisfactory solution of the problem

SERBIA

POPULATION STARVING TO [DEATH. AUSTRO-GEIRMIANS TAKE ALL THE PO.OD. (Rec. July 9. 8.50 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, July 8. The Serbian Minister has received reports that the situation in Serbia is desperate. The Austro-Germanls have removed a'll food' and the population is starving to death.

AUSTRIAN EMPRESS

TREACHERY AND' IMMORALITY ALLEGED. ~ (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) t (Rec. July 9, 10.15 a.m.) MILAN, July 8-} . Slanders against th<- Empress Zita allege treachery, besides immorality. It i's asserted that she was responsible for the Piave disaster, also the vetoing of Austrian use of gas shells and flame throwers.

FOOD SUPPLIES m GERMANY

MEATLESS WEEK MONTHLY. {Australian and N.Z. Cabio Association '■ '(Rec. July 9, 10.15 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, July 8. The Vossische Zeitung jstates that a meatless week once monthly "will be unavoidable in August, September and October.

SERMAS4 GOVERNMENT

IMPORTANT CHANGES BELIEVED PENDING. •'Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. July 9, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, July 8. The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam conrespondent says Von Kuhlmann, (German Foreign Minister) proceeded to headquarters.. Th.re is good reason to believe t'hat important changes are pending, including Pi-ince Bulows return.

FRADE AFTER THE WAR

ENGLISH AND' OVERSEAS BANKS,

' (.Australian and N.Z. Cablf Association.* j (Rec. July 9, xS.Zo a.m.) I " LONDON, July 8. 1 The morning post's financial correspondent says numerous circumstantial t rumours are current that certain EngP Jish banks are about to acquire large | interests in r banks in the oversea do- > minions to foster* trade after the war.