ARMISTICE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10852, 18 March 1921, Page 6

ARMISTICE

rebels to ficht m PROPOSAL BV TROTSKY FALLS OX DEAF EARS. SPREADING OF REVOLT. By Telegraph —Press As»n.—Copyright 'n ‘Tbf* TinM." (Received March 17, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 16. "The Times'’ Stockholm correspondent states that Trotsky is making overtures to Kronstadt proposing an immediate armistice and the assembly of a mixed Commission to, settle the'terms of a future agreement. Though the offer is more generous than T.enfn's. not requiring surrender <rr capitulation, it is not likely to h© accepted. An Amrriean Red Cross representative has returned from Kronstadt. Ho declares that there is perfect ord'xr and the strictest discipline and complete confidence in the governing committee. Kolowsky, who is invested with full authority. is held in the highest esteem. The Bolshevik Press does not admit that a revolution exists, though the “Pravda” talks of a revolt in Siberia and Southern Russia. Tieehatchevskv. formerly commander on the Polish front, has taken over the command of the Reds against Kronstadt. Australian and N.Z. i’ablo Association. REVAL, March 16. The Republicans at Kronstadt refused Trotsky’s request for a twenty-four hours’ armistice. They also have sent A wireless appeal to the world’s Press to dispatch correspondents to Kronstadt. The Soy iet lias offered to pay the Petrograd strikers in gold if they return to work. HEAVY GUN f IRE BETWEEN" KRONSTADT AND KKASNOJAGORKA. (Received March 17, 8.45 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, March 16. Artillery duels are reported between Kronstadt and Krasnojagorka, with guns of heavy calibre. Tho Buhthoviks are concentrating their fire on tho harbour without doing great damage. Bolshevik aeroplanes are continuously bombing the towns. A number of women, nr.d children lias been killed. SOVIET JUSTICE CHINESE ORDERED TO SHOOT SUSPECTS. (Received March IT, 10.20 p.m.) HELSINGFORS. March 16. Under orders from the People’s Commissaries Chinese troops are daily ■hooting hundreds of workers’ leaders and other counter-revolutionary suspects. The Soviet is also erecting fortification lines around Petrograd eighteen kilometres from the city. >• PETROGRAD IMPREGNABLE ’’ LENIN DENIES REPORTS. MOSCOW. March 16. I.enin, in an interview with British and American journalists, declares that reports of the rising in Petrograd and tho bombardment of tho town are silly fiction. Petrograd was as impregnable for a counter-revolutionary coup d’etat J as Kronstadt. The liquidation of the Kronstadt rising was dragged out because, owing to the measures taken, ] the Soviet wishes to avoid severe : losses, not only to it# own troops, hut i to the Kronstadt garrison. The Soviet. losses were insignificant. As long as Russia was surrounded by bourgeois© j States, such risings as that at Kron- > stadt were inevitable, I NEW TAXATION SCHEME TO ENCOURAGE PEASANTS IN AGRICULTURE. (Received March 17. 10.55 P.m.) MOSCOW, March 16. The Communist Oongres® decided to substitute taxes in kind for the present taxes paid by the peasants. It is hoped this will revive agricultural production as it will allow tho peasants to dispose of their products freely.