RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 167, 12 July 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA

ASSASSINATION OF MiRB^GH ONLY. FIRST STEP IN TERRORIST. PLOT. {Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. Julv 11, 9.26 a.m.) !NEW YORK, July 10. M. Shaplen, the United Press Stockholm correspondent, says that the assassination of Mirbach is only the first step in a Russian terrorist plot to wipe out the whole German military clique, the plot including t'he sending of emissaries to Germany, to the Kaiser, Ludendorff, Hind en burg, and .'K uhlan ann. It is- believed that the Bolsheviks have formed a. definite alliance with Germany against the Entente and. internal Jtussian opposition. There are evidences of other parties uniting with the Mensbeviks, against the BoMieviks. SIBERIA ANT I - BOLSHEVIK PROGRAM M E ADOPTED. s (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association TOKIO, July 10. The functions of the Siberia Commissariat seem to be analagous to those of a Provisional Government. It has> already adopted a broad 'democratic, anti-Bolshevik programme, which. is securing widespread popular support. It; intends to summon its own.Constituent Assembly and establish a new Siberian State. EXPORT OF GOODS TO SIBERIA. AUSTRALIAN EMBARGO 'REM'OVED. ; (Press Association Copyright.) (Rec. 11.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Proclamation prohibiting the exI ports of goods to Siberia has been revoked. STREET FIGHTING AT 1 MOSCOW. (fteutfer's Telegrams.) AMSTERDAM, July 10. The Vossische Zeitung states tlhat street fighting of the greatest bitterness continues at Moscow. - The revolutionaries' 'barricaded . the Imperial Theatre, and used machine guns against the Bolshevik troops from the win do we. j ; German newspapers report an outbreak of cholera in the southern Uk- | raine and northern Bessarabia. It ;is ; spreading to Hungary. THE MUHMAN COAST. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association . LONDON, July IT* ' Russian newspapers which have ar riv.ed in England show that Allied'- in ■ tervention on the Murman coast forp stalled the German attempts to close i Russia's last European outlet by sea l British marines landed on April 15th under joint Russian', v French ; and British leadership, in order to assist the Red Guards against the Finnish White Guards. There are one French. and two British warships and some British trawlers at Murtansk. Admiral Damp, on l behalf Of the J French and British Governments, dTij avowed aggressive designs, and expressed' only a firm desire to help the j Russian Republic t-o k-eep the Murman I coast and railway. | Nevertheless, Trotsky and Chicherin. on June 30th, protested against the Entente's interference. I - | WHITE SEA REPUBLIC i (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM, July 10. 'A Moscow message states that simul'aneonsly with the eptabli.dhm.ent of the White Sea Republic a new State was created comprising the entire northeastern Russia from the White Sea to the Asian border, called' Walogdagche. It is sympathetic with the Entente.

A NATIONAL AWAKENING NE"W EVENTS IN RUSSIA. 1 ENEMY ALARMED. NO PRODUCE FROM UKRAINE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.j NEW YORK, July 9. The Nw York Times' Washingtoncorrespondent says- that diplomaticdespatches show that events in Russia and the successes o£ the Czecho-Slo-vak, which seemingly indicate a national awakening, are visibly- disturbing Germany. The working classes in Russia- and the Ukraine are bitterly opposed to Germany. The Lithuanian Council of State has protested against the annexationist tendencies apparent in Germany. Herr .Melcher, who .was appointed president of the commission to report on the Ukranian situation, on his return to Germany from the Ukraine declared that it would be impossible to import produce from the Ukraine under two years. He condemned German methods, and. said they must discontinue shooting peasants en masse because of their failure to supply grain. This method should be replaced bv pacific and friendly advice. KERENSKY" MINISTERS ARRESTED, v « (Australian and N.Z. Cabio Association PARIS, July- 10. The revolutionaries arrested at Moscow include three of Kerensky's Ministers. " FINLAND GENERAL EXPULSION OF JEWS ORDERED. (-Router's Telegrams.) STOCKHOLM, Julv 10. According to the Jewish Press Bureau, the Finnish Government has ordered line -expulsion of Jews before the end of September, and has instructed communities to refuse them food after that date. amekisan economic mission HELP TO UNITE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. (Australian and N. Z.Cable Association.) (R-ec. July 11, 9.25 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 10. Exchanges are continuing regarding the Russian situation. A semi-official opinion is that t)he ■Economic Mission will help to unite the Russian people and; thus prepare them to take strong and united action against Germany.