RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 165, 10 July 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA

COUNT MIftBAGH'S ASSASSINS GREAT REVOLT FOLLOWED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. July 10, 11.10 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 9. Messages from' Moscow 'state that Count MirbA?h's assassins fled to a building occupied by _ Social ißevolutionfaries, who are defending the place with machine-guns and rifles. The murder was the signal for a great counter-revolutionary movement. Rebels attacked and seized a ]>ortion' of the city, including the central telegraph office. Bolsheviks claim to have arrested the leaders of. the revolt except Savinkoff, who was Kerensky's Minister for War. GREAT EXCITEMENT AT BERLIN. [Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) COPENHAGEN, July 8 The murder of Count Mirbach caused the greatest excitement in Germany. The Kaiser immediately ordered Kuhlmann to break off negotiations with the Russian delegates at Berlin. The police are specially guarding the Russian Ambassador's house in Berlin, fearing- that the mob will attack it, as Mii-bach was known to be the Kaiser's special friend. A GERMAIN' SUGGESTION. (Reuter's Telegrams.)

AMSTERDAM, July 8. A Berlin telegram states that inquiries suggest that the Entente are implicated in the Mix-bach affair. RESPONSIBILITY FIXED ON SOCIAL 'REVOLUTIONARIES. (Router's Telegrams.) COPENHAGEN, July 8. A semi-official Wolff message fastens the responsibility for the murder on the Social Revolutionaries, who have engaged in severe fighting with the Bolsheviks which resulted in the latter's favour. WHAT THE FRENCH PRESS THINKS. MURDER A PUT UP JOB. (Ranter's Telegrams.) PARIS, July 8. The Press agree that Germany will attempt to profit by the 'Mirbach affair. They speculate whether it was deliberately arranged, similar to the Sarejevo assassinations, in order to afford a pretext for more drastic military action. 'They urge the necessity for Allied intervention to save (Russia. OOUNTEiR-.REVOLUTION'ARY RISING SUPPRESSED. A BOLSHEVIK iREEORT. {Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. V (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) LONDON, July 8. * A Russian official message says:—The counter-revolutionary rising of the Left Social, Revolutionaries at Moscow has been suppressed. Several hundred were arrested. A SOVIET .SPLIT. (Router's Telegrams.) MOSCOW, July 8. A revolutionary military council has been appointed to direct all operations against the Cecho-Slovaks. ,C°}™f Muravieff, formerly Commander-in-Chief, has assumed command of the Soviet '"Affinal split occurred in the Soviet camp, the moderate Social Revolutionaries and Minimalist Socialists being; excluded from the Soviet central executive. ALIEN QUESTION. HOUSE COMMITTEE'S .REPORT. (Australian and Cable Asspciafaon.) (Rec. July 10, 11.10 a,m.) XONfIDO'N, July 9. Six members of the House of Commons who, at Mr UovcJ Georges reqxuelst, examined the aliens recommended that every male alien over eighteen be interned, unless there were definite medical or other reasons for exemption,; also women of enemy origin, except those whose husbands had been exempted. The interned shall, as far as possible, be repatriated; also all persons of enemy origin should be discharged from .the Government service and any businesses or banks should be wound up. The Committee suggest* that a committee of members of the How of Commons be appointed to visit internment camps. ~i c It also recommended that all changes of names since August, 1914, should / be inoperative. The 'Committee will issue a separate report proposing to deal with the espionage question. Sir G. Cave (Home Secretary) makes a statement on the aliens question on Thursday. «&