RUSSIA'S FLEET GONE.
TREACHERY AND BRIBERY DELIVERS IT TO GERMANS, i j (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) , (Received April 9, 10.30 a.m.) .'&ONDON, April 8. By occupying. jElcenas f and- jß#yal _fehe. Germans have s eciired ihV control of the whole of the naval defences of Petrograd. Treachery of the most flagrant kind played a leading, part m the destruction of Ihe Russian fleet. The Germans bribedl on ai big'jjcale the v ßed Guards. Practically 8050 men and the fleet, including some of the largest ships, were taken) at viKronstfidti' cruisers, destroyers arid "auxiliary naval craft remained m Finnish waters. Some^ steamed to Re\sl, jpiijqd „ the iGer mans, and led the German ajiH transports through the mine defences m Hango. ;■-; The German descent on Hango Is interpreted as a reprisal for the Russia^ fl'eet'sftla-Ueged. RSsistanCjß to the Fimjisji Red Guards. "
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14574, 9 April 1918, Page 5
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140RUSSIA'S FLEET GONE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14574, 9 April 1918, Page 5
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