SECOND EDITION RUSSIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 165, 10 July 1918, Page 1

SECOND EDITION RUSSIA.

(Reuter's Telegrams.) MOSCOW, July 9. ('Rec. July 10, 2.50 p.m.) Raihvaymeii refused to strike as. requested by the Socialists on the eve of it.he revolt. /The leaders arrested include Spiridovna, who confessed to the ,Mirbacli murder by terrorist members of the party in order to provoke the annulment. of the Brest Uitovsk -Lreaty. IJ K R AINIA N GOV ERN M E NT. (Rec. Julv 10, 2.10 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 9. The Ukrainian Government has resigned. ' GERMANY AND RUSSIA, fAustralian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

(Rec July 10, 2.50 p.m.) LOiNDON:, July 9. The Daily .Express' Stockholm <i'orrespondent learns from am authoritative source that Germany will demand the right to police Moscow and Peirograd, Also the passage of Germans* 'to Murman, via Petrograd. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING. L_ (Roc. July 10, 2.40 p.m.) LONIDOiN', July 9. Pneumonia, following on influenza, is causing many deaths. Eleven of :qn© ship's crew died. Ihere were 96 deaths at ,3irmingham in the week. . , EVENLY BALANCED. '.',... SURPRISE LTJDENDOiRFF'S ONLY HOPE. * ■::■.. (Pee. July 10, 2.50 p.m.) -■ LOINDGN', July 9, Mr George Perris writes: The balance of forces on. the West front is now practically level. ■'*".".''■ Every day finds several new American' battalions ready for the field. j Time is working steadily for us. Surprise is Ludejidorff's only hope, German espionage ha« extended on daring and scientific lines, compelling-.the.' Allies to gradually improve their information services, but it is impossible to refer to what .has been done in this direction. .. , zf.ebrugge and ostend. NL4.VAI', ATR (RIAiIDS. (Rec. July 10, 2.60 p.m.) ' ~, * LONDON, July' 9. The Admiralty report*.:—Aircraft between the 4th and 7-tta Jul'y dropped six tons of bombs oni Zeebrugge- w\d docks at Os tend and Bruges, and also bombed four destroyer, and four torpedo boats near Zeebrugge. Sixteen-.hostile machines attacked ono of our formations?' We destroyed three and drove down three. All ours returned. ■' . ; Seven hostile machines attacked threeof Our large seaplanes, and during a 55niinutes engagement, two "enemy machines were destroyed. l DESTRUCTIVE *AIR RAID. ('Rec July ID,' 210 p.m.) LONDON, July 9. _ , (Advice from Geneva states that ,Fra- • day's air raid on Goblentz cansed serious damage to the station and two bridges across the Rhine and Moselle. ' The majority of bombs fell on| •Shoenbiufcstein Fortress, which is hrvowably full of recruits. EXCHANGEvOF PRISONERS.(Roc. July 10, 2.10 p.m.) AMSTERDAM,. July 9. ; '. Tn the Reichstag- the War Ministerstated that ■'Germany, had accepted ccm-"' ,' ditions whereby exchanged English,, .French and German war prisoners should not he re-employed. :