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VIRGIN ISLANDS SEIZED. Press Association—Copyright, Austn Lian and N.Z. Ctohle Association (Received .1.5 p.m.) Washington, September 14. The TJnited States seized the Virgin Islands,' which were once considered a potential German naval hase, and will he used by the American Navy. RISING AGAINST BOLSHEVIKS. (Received ,1.5 p.m.) New York, September 14. Mr Dosch Fleurot cables from Stockholm: I hare precise information that the peasants are organising and abandoning the Bolsheviks in great numbers. Great meetings have been held. The peasants have been ordered to withdraw their support of the Bolsheviks and withdraw from the Soviets. The peasants in the Bolshevik Government or Red (Army have been ordered to return to their villages within one month, the penalty o! disobedience being banishment from the Villages, and the peasants remaining in ihe Red Guards will be shot.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 43, 16 September 1918, Page 6
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