RUSSIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10507, 7 February 1920, Page 8

RUSSIA

THE REVOLUTIONARIES DRAMATIC ENTRY INTO VLADIVOSTOK. By Telegraph—Press Awn.— Copyright Published ill "The Times-" LONDON, February 4. Mr Wilton supplies details of the transfer of power at Vladivostok. A deputation from the Revolutionary Government entered the city under .American protection, and demanded a peaceful surrender within twenty-four hours, otherwise the town would bo surrounded. The. party promised that the Japanese withdrawal would not bo hindered, and agreed to the Allied fleet giving protection to civilian lilo and property. Japanese troops from the transports, however, rushed the outskirts oi the city and established a cordon across the peninsula, enabling .Rozauor to hold vhe city. Ultimately, the .Revolutionaries were permitted to outer peacefully.

SOVIET AND POLAND. -'RMER PROFESSES DESIRE FOR PEACE. Australian ..mi N.Z. 1 Mr Association. (Received February 6. 7.-15 p.m.) MOSCOW, February 5. The Soviets, in a manifesto to the Polish workmen, declares that the Soviet docs not desire the conquest, of Poland but peace with her. The Russian people recognise Poland’s independence, and will do so for all time. LABOUR. CONSCRIPTS. STATEMENT BY “RED’' LEADERS. (Eeuter’a Telegram.) ARCHANGEL, February !. An extraordinary change of attitude is reflected in speeches made by Lenin and Trotsky at the Soviet Conference at Moscow on National Economy, and officially published. Lenin emphasised the necessity of substituting, autocratic for associated power in the organisation of Government and industry, as had already been adopted in the army. Trotsky said the only means for strengthening the power of the_ Soviet was to assemble} the workmen in the factories, and send them from place to place on the Government’s instructions. The peasants would be turned into a labour corps under military discipline.