RUSSIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16504, 4 August 1919, Page 3

RUSSIA.

A REPORTED VICTORY. BY DENIKIN'S FORCES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright, LONDON, July 31. The War Office reports that General Denikin achieved a great victory in capturing Tuunish, 50,000 prisoners being taken, also many guns. General Denikin pursued the fleeing enemy for 12 miles. A Bolshevik wireless message states that as French ships firpd on repatriated Russian troops at Otchakoff, in Iho Black Sea, tho Bolsheviks have taken foreign hostages to prevent a recurrence.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COPENHAGEN, July 31. Eight British aeroplanes vigorously bombed tho fortress of Kronstadt on July 30. All returned, despite heavy fire. An intercepted wireless from Moscow reveals that 'Trotsky, addressing tho Soviets on July 29, admitted that the. position in South Russia was critical. A portion of tho Red Army had joined the enemy, and famine was terribly menacing. The AA'ar Office announces that Denikin captured Poltava, with great booty. His success is important, strategically, commercially, and politically. The Bolsheviks claim that they have advanced 14 miles northward of Onega. After the White regiments mutinied they arrested tho officers and joined the Bolsheviks. BOLSHEVIKS MAKING CONCESSIONS. LONDON. July 81. The Morning Post's Stockholm correspondent states that the Bolshevik Government is making serious efforts ii> secure reconciliation with tho bourgeoisie and intellectuals in Russia. 'Technical experts arc now receiving much higher salaries than tho communists. Bolsheviks are also ready to make important concessions to any country willing to open trado with Russia. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE BRITISH EVACUATION. LONDON, July 31. General Rawlinsnn proceeds to North Russia to supervise the evacuation. 'The War Office is sending marines to North Russia, to assist in the safo evacuation from Archangel and Mur-mansk.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLEGED BOLSHEVIK SUCCESS. HELSINGFORS, July 3T. 'The Bolsheviks claim the capture of Cheliahinsk Junction, thereby securing a largo industrial district in tho Urals.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A BIG DEFICIT. LONDON, July 31. Tho Russian Bolshevik Budget for the first half year of 1919 reveals a deficit of 3000 million sterling. MURDER OF A BOLSHEVIK. STOCKHOLM, July 31. The sensational murder of Ardasjoff, a prominent Bolshevik, which is attributed to supporters of tho old Russian regime, has led to the arrest of ten suspects, including a Russian general, a colonel, and several women. The arrested persons confessed that they conveyed Ardasjoff to a villa outside Stockholm, court-martinlled him, hanged him, and throw in’s body into the sea..—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.