REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 3487, 11 January 1921, Page 18

REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA.

MILITARY PARTY REBUFFED. LONDON, January 4. The Soviet Congress at Moscow rebuffed the Military Party by endorsing M. Lenin’s peace and economic policy. The Commissaries’ Council ordered the arrest of a number of Bolshevist leaders belonging to the Bukharin Group, who have been opposing the present Soviet policy. The executive of the committee at Moscow ordered that Maxim Gorky (the novelist) be closely watched, as it is rumoured that he is attempting to leave Russia. RUMANIA ANXIOUS. PARts, January 4. Advices from Bucharest state that grave apprehension is felt in Rumania owing to the reported presence of six new Bolshevist divisions, with considerable artillery, on the Dniester front, and General Budeny’s cavalry concentration near Mohileff. - The Rumanian reserves and the railwaymen are being mobilised. SOCIALISM IMPERILLED. LONDON, January 4. Speaking at Leicester Mrs Philip Snowden, in reviewing her tour through Central Europe and Russia, warned Labour against extreme action. She declared that she would not be surprised if things ended with a King on every European throne, because some Socialists had not the com mon sense to realise that they were going too fast. She said that she had not met a single peasant in Russia who genuinely supported by the Bolshevists. JAPAN AND SIBERIA. PEKING, January 5. According to Harbin advices the Japanese are hastily entrenching at Nikolaivsk, as a precautionary measure against the advance of Bolshevist regulars, who are concentrating at Khabarovsk, and declare their intention to drive the Japanese from the country, on the ground that they are a menace to the Russian proletariat. Propagandists are endeavouring to fomeru revolution amongst the coolies at Harbin. GENERAL WRANGEL’S ARMY. PARIS, January 5. An important All Russian Conference was held on Saturday, at which it was stated that M. Kerensky and General Wrangel are in the forefront of ’a movement to launch a campaign against the Bolshevists, under the leadership of the Grand Duke Nicholas. General Wrangel’s army consists of 20,000 officers and 80,000 men, and is ready to make another ven ture. Considerable support for the movement is forthcoming in France. January 6. M. Kodroff, who was one of General Wrangel’s Ministers, has issued a statement in Paris that 50.000 tons of mercantile shipping has already been handed over to France to compensate her for her heavy expenditure in supporting General Wrangel. RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN. LONDON, January 6. M. Ivrassin has reached a general agree ment with the British Government, and this he will subhit to his Government at Moscow. He is- going to Russia on Saturday. January 7. A trading corporation is being established with a capital of £lO 000,000, subscribed equally by Russia and Britain. The corporation will be a monopoly in Russia, but all firms are eligible in England, where it will buy from and sell to manufacturers at competitive prices. M. Ivrassin has approved and is leaving for Moscow, but the Soviets’ approval is uncertain. January 9. M. Krassin, interviewed, said he expected to return from Russia with counterproposals in February.