RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18197, 18 March 1921, Page 5

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

REQUEST FOR AN ARMISTICE. REFUSED BY KRONSTADT REBELS. Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. EEVAL, March 16. The Republicans at Kronstadt refused General Trotsky’s request for a 24 hours’ armistice.—A. and N.Z. Cable. KRONSTADT INVITES PRESS CORRESPONDENTS. .LONDON, March 16. A Eeval telegram states that the Kronstadt defenders have wirelessed an appeal to the world’s press to send correspondents to Kronstadt. —A. and N.Z. Cable. FOODSTUFFS FOR KRONSTADT. i ASSISTANCE FROM RUSSIANS ABROAD. HELSINGFORS, March 16. abroad have promised supplies for Kronstadt, and have deposited 10,000,000 German marks in Finland, where the French? Minister is seeking to facilitate the despatch of foodstuffs to Kronstadt. —A. and N.Z. Cable. PETROGRAD STRIKERS. SOVIET MAKES OVERTURES. LONDON, March 16. A Beval telegram states that the Soviet has offered to pay the Petrograd strikers in gold' if they return to work^—A. and N.Z. Cable. “ SILLY FICTION.” , THE BOMBARDMENT OP PETROGRAD. M. LENIN’S STATEMENT TO JOUR NALISTS. MOSCOW, March 15. M. Lenin, in an interview with British and American journalists, declared that the rising in Petrbgrad and the bombardment of the town were silly fiction. Petrograd was impregnable against a counterrevolutionary coup d’etat. The Kronstadt rising dragged out because owing to the measures taken the Soviet wished to avoid severe losses, not only among their own troops, but among the Kronstadt garrison. The Soviet losses were insignificant. So long as Russia was surrounded by bourgeoisie States such risings as that at Kronstadt were inevitable.—A. apd N.Z. Cable. FUTURE AGREEMENT WITH KRON STADT. MIXED COMMISSION’S * PROPOSAL. LONDON, March 16. The Stockholm correspondent of The Times states that the .proposal of the Assembly’s Mixed Commission which was set up to determine the terms of a future agreement- with the Kronstadt rebels is more generous than that of M. Lenin. As it does not require surrender or capitulation, it is not likely to be accepted. — Times. SITUATION AT KRONSTADT. PERFECT ORDER AND DISCIPLINE. LONDON, March 16. The American Red Cross representative, who has returned from Kronstadt, declares that perfect order and the strictest discipline are maintained, and there is complete confidence by the Governing Committee in General Koslowsky, who is invested with full authority and is held in the highest esteem. —Times. >, REVOLT IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. ■ LONDON, March 16. The Bolshevist press does not admit that there is a revolution at Pravda or a revolt in Southern Russia. M. Tchatchevsky, formerly commander on the Polish front, has taken over the command of the Reds against Kronstadt. —Times. WORKERS’ LEADERS. HUNDREDS SHOT DAILY. CHINESE TROOPS AS EXECUTIONERS. HELSINGFORS, March 16. (Received March 17, at 10.20 p.m.) Under orders from the People’s Commissaries Chinese troops are daily shooting hundreds of workers’ leaders and other counter-revolutionary suspects. The Soviet is also erecting fortification lines around Petrograd 18 kilometres from the city.—A. and N.Z. Cable. AN ARTILLERY DUEL. REDS’ AEROPLANES ACTIVE. _ COPENHAGEN, INfarch 16. (Received March 17, at 8.15 p.m.) ' Artillery duels are reported between Kronstadt and Krasnayagorka with guns of heavy calibre. The Bolshevists are concentrating their fire on the harbour without doing great damage. Bolshevist aeroplanes are continuously bombing towns, and a number of women and children have been killed. — A. and N.Z. Cable.

PLACATING THE PEASANTS. x MOSCOW, March 16. (Received March 17, at 10.55 p.m.) The Communist Congress decided to substitute taxes in kind for the present taxes paid by peasants. It is hoped that thi' will revive agricultural production, as it will allow peasants to dispose of their produce freely.—A. and N.Z. Cable.