PLIGHT OF RUSSIA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1274, 13 March 1918, Page 5

PLIGHT OF RUSSIA.

NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED. (A. &N. 7.) PETROGRAD, March 11. j The Smolny Institute (the Bolshc-J vik Headquarters) reports that; Prince LvoflF, an ex-Premier, has | formed a Government in the Far East. He is now in Peking, awaiting ] Japanese help to enter Vladivostock.; The ’’Pravda” states that the So-! viets arc hurriedly mobilising to re- j sist the new Government. The Bolshevik Party Congress ap-! proved of the ratification of the peace treaty by 30 votes to 12. 1! is officially announced that the j evacuation of Petrograd hurriedly | continues. All metal slocks are being j removed. [A cable message published yesterday j stated:—The Petrograd correspondent of the “Daily News” says that Prince Lvoff (formerly Premier of Russia) has caused a ! sensation in Petrograd. He has constituted ! a new Government, and will accompany I the Japanese invasion info Siberia. The i bolsheviks are trying to rouse Siberia to resist the invasion.] ANTI-JEWISH MEASURES. (A. it N.Z.) BERNE, March 11. A Petrograd message states that j the Government has ordered the sup- ( pression of all Jewish newspapers in Russia, and the arrest of their edi- j torial staffs; also the president of the I Organising Committee of the Russian I Jewish Congress which was convened to meet in Petrograd. WHY TROTZKY RESIGNED.

(“The Times") PETROGRAD, March 11. Trotzky’s resignation of the Commissionership of Foreign Affairs was due to Bolshevik quarrels regarding the peace terms. M. Shernoff, Minister for Trade, and M. Loinoff, Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council, have also resigned. It is reported from Odessa that the expected aggression of Austrian forces has caused a panic among the population, who are hastily organising defence measures. GERMANS NEAR ODESSA. Australian and X.Z. Calif Association. (Roc. Mar. 13, 10.-T») ROTTERDAM, Mar. 12. The Germans are within nine miles of Odessa.