REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 3376, 27 November 1918, Page 25

REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

BOLSHEVIST EXCESSES. (By Cable). The Bolshevists have been guilty of ter« rible excesses in Petrograd during the last few days. Five hundred ex-officers have been murdered. Arrested foreigners are being employed as street cleaners. The 14 members of the Petrograd Soviet live in hourly fear of a counter-revolution. The cruiser Aurora is lying at tho mouth, of the Neva with steam up, ready to go to Copenhagen at the shortest notice. If the 14 Soviet members are denied a landing there, the voyage will be continued to Brazil* Mr Acker man, the New York Times coxrespondent at Omsk (Siberia), says that! the bodies of five Grand Dukes have been found in a well at Alispavick. The Redi Guards hurled them down, and then dropped grenades on them. The bodies of 65 leading citizens who had been sho* were found in an adjacent forest. UKRANIA. The New York Times Washington cor respondent says,: The greatest satisfaction is evinced in official and diplomatic circles at reports of the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government by General Denikihe'a. anti-Bolshevist troops. It is pointed bull that General Dendkine's success will greatly facilitate the Allies' handling of the Russian problem. The Austrian army in Ukrainia has ceased to exist. When the troops asked General Hoffman to demobilise them he refused, and a mutiny broke, out. The troops besieged the headquarters, arrested and bound General Hoffman, ran their bayonets through him, and burned the corpse. The mutineers broke the safes and divided 80,000,000 crowns amongst them. The disorder led to a fight with the Poles and Bolshevist bands, and disorder continues. CAUCASIA. The War Office announces that RussoBritish forces occupied Baku on Sunday. What is called tho All-Russian Government has been formed at Ekateriondar (Northern Causasia). It is composed of members of the General Staff of the old volunteer army, Avith M." Ludonoff ajgf Minister of Foreign Affairs, with a viewto re-establishing a united Russia on federative principles, and keeping the 801, shevists out of the Ukraine. The strength and- prospects of the new Government are unknown. ALLIES REPULSE AN ATTACK. A British North Russia official message says: The Bolshevists on the 11th after bombarding from river boats on the Dwina, attacked our front and flank. The Anglo-American infantry drove them baclc with very heavy losses, the Canadian Field Artillery materially assisting. _ .The attack was renewed on the 12th inst., and was again repulsed with heavy losses. NEWS FROM SIBERIA. Despatches from Tqkio say that the Powers are contemplating tho joint management of the Trans-Siberian and Chinese Eastern T ailways, their purpose being to facilitate the reconstruction of Russia. It is understood that the United States, France, and England have agreed upon a plan cf action. Tho Times correspondent states that there is guerrilla fighting on the whole The Bolshevist armies number 250,000, and are well equipped under Jewish-German commanders. They have ordered the capture of Ekatermberg at ajiy cost. Despatches from Vladivostock say that a coup has occurred at Omsk by which Admiral Kokhak was made Dictator at the- instance of the Council of All Russian Ministers.' The coup is directed against the activities of Radical Ministers. Official despatches received by the Russian Embassy say that the Omsk coup is less sensational than at first appeared. The coup was attempted by three officers, -who arrested two members of the All RussianGovernment. To block further outlawry; the Council of Ministers gave General Kolchak supreme authority to take the necessary measures to preserve order. BREST-LITOVSK TREATY. The Bolshevist Government states that Russia has declared the Brest-Litovsk treaty null and void, and has requested the German Government to conclude new peace proposals for all countries in Eastern and Central Europe on the basis of 861-. shevist principles. - - Germany rejected the proposal, and stated that the Brest-Litovsk treaty musb be dealt with at the General Peace Con-: Terence. The German Government declined the Russian proposal to send grain to Gerr many. GENERAL. A republic has been formed in Livonia. Half a million German troops released in Russia have occupied Minsk. Steps are being taken to supply them with muchneeded food an£ clothing. ~ Three Russian warships cannonaded Vitikalla. in Finland, for three hours. The Finnish Government, fearing a Bolshevist invasion, ordered the evacuation of ths frontier districts.