RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA

MOSCOW COVERHMEjIt BtfOGIT *h (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)*; Rec. Jan. 2A, *9.10 *a.m.) ;vj PETROGRAD,. Jan. The Moscow Government Budge*, shows an enormous increase in di tuxes for the second half of ithe yeftT; 1918, due to war revenue •i derived' tfom~ heavy! property and in- ■ come tax, which showed ® Heavy fall towards the end of the year, 1 t •• The Finance Commissary anticipated: little revenue from this source in 1919.

BOLSHEVIKS RETREATING IN f DISORDER. ... (Australian and N.Z;‘ Gable Association). and Reuter.) / LONDON,, Jan ; a.-.'* An, Esthonian- official comrai&iqns* states that the advance towards Naroa continues, the Bolsheviks retreating in disorder. •' . ... *, s‘}'v | After all-day fighting on ’.Friday,■; fur-1 . ther progress was made on Saturday, | when 500 prisoners were taken. f ; ,-: I BOLSHEVIKS EVACUATING- RET-' j ROGRAD. J . ■ “ w ’ {Australian and N.Z. Cable Association b. j ToNDON, ' Jan! 255/1j The Morning PosUe , Stockholm’. respondent • states that Trotzky ordered jtho evacuation- of Petrograd sistance owing to the Bolshevik; defeat, after vvhidi'the whole amy, deserted. ; j THE DEAL vSITOWAWAYS, LONDON, Jam. 23, j The peal magistrates directed that , two of the stowaways who are Russians. j be detained until they could be returned to [Rotterdam. , , ... . A third stowaway, an Austriad officer, who recently escaped from internment ■ i in Holland, will be interned in England. .. 1 - ■: . 'SWISS RESIDENTS IN RUSSIA TO' j , BE SHOT.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) -BERNE, Jan. Bbv> The HuM»an Botehevista have Bed Switzerland that* they will; - atjwt and shoot thirty Swiss . JP - Russia unless the Bolshevists aTTßsted xo Switzerland for encouraging <te' MW;lutionary - movement are release®-; FtTGHT OF 33THUANIAN MINISTERS. (Rec. Jan. 24, 10.5 aTpa.) ■ .> COPENHAGEN, Jah; BU • Tire majority of the Lithuanian Cabinet fled to Libau, owing'-'to the Hdlshevik advance having arrived at Bornhorm. .... ~ .. .. ■ PETROGRAD TO SURRENDER IF ATTACKED. (Rec. Jan. 24,’ 10-6 a.ni), . LONDON, Ja.n, .22N - :; ■ Trotsky has ordered the- kdrreb,der ; ol',, Petrograd if the Northern Russia forces/ attack. ' t