REIGN OF TERROR INCREASING IN HORROR
10.000 OFFICERS IMPRISONED
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received S«pt. 18, 12.20 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, Sept. 17. Passengers from Petrograd deny ithat there have been conflagrations m tho capital, but state that the raign of terror is increasing m horror. Within the past few days 812 persons have been executed and 400 others are under death sentences. Ten thousand officers have been thrown into prison. All State Councillors have been arrested regardless of their political opinions. (Received Sept. 18, 2.10 p.m.) ' LONDON, Sept. 17. The Morning Post's Stockholm correspondent reports : The reign of terror continues. Russian business men, scientists, and officers have been arrested wholesale. The last list of executions includes the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch, M. Sterchovaki, who was War Minister m Kereniky's Cabinet, and M. Sarudin, Minister for Justice. Five thousand representatives of the bourgeoisie, including many women. wore arrested m reyengo for Uritski's murder. Several have already been shot.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14712, 18 September 1918, Page 3
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