SANGUINARY CLASS WAR GENERAL IN RUSSIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16762, 31 January 1918, Page 5

SANGUINARY CLASS WAR GENERAL IN RUSSIA.

CONCERTED BOLSHEVIK ATTACK ON BOURGEOISIE. REPORTED SUCCESS OF UKRAINIANS AT LUTSK. United Service. (Received 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 29. Civil war is now general in Russia. The Bolsheviks have inaugurated strong military campaigns in Finland, Bessarabia, and the Ukraine. Troops and guns have been moved south from the front. The Bolsheviks apparently aim at the immediate overthrow of all bourgeoisie governments in Old Russia and Roumania. There ib a possibility of a Red Guard army making foreign campaigns. . Russian warships dominated Helsingfors during the capture of the town by the Red Guards. It is reported that several Swedes were murdered. The whole of Eastern Finland is in the possession of the Red Guards. Reinforcements are arriving with orders to support the proletariat against the upper classes. The Roumanian Legation in Petrograd received 12 hours' notice to quit Russia. The Bolsheviks assert that the Ukrainian Government has resigned, and that the Bolsheviks, with the Left section of the Socialists, have formed an administration which has recalled the Rada's representatives from Brest Litovsk, replacing them with Bolsheviks. Australian and N.Z. (Received 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 23.

It is reported from Kieff that Ukrainian troops have occupied Lutsk, ejecting the Bolshevik army after three days of severe fighting, with heavy losses.