RUSSIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16614, 9 December 1919, Page 3

RUSSIA.

SOVIET REPRESENTATIVE. DOES A LITTLE PROPAGANDA. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright, (Received Dec, 9, 11.10 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Dec. 4. Litvinoff has issued a statement to tho effect that, while hopeful of a good result from tho repatriation negotiations, ho felt bound to say that no satisfactory solution was possible until tlie military operations on Russian territory and the isolation of Soviet Russia were removed. The re-entry of JRuasia into economic intercourse with tho world was of equal importance both to her and the Allies. The longer the war lasted the longer Franco mu.sk -wait for tho payment of interest; there was even a possibility that it might not be paid at all. —Ans.-N.ZI. Cable Assn. ANOTHER GREAT EFFORT. TO CAPTURE .MOSCOW. AVAR SAW, Dec. 4. A renewed all npt to take Moscow has been started by combined Deniken and Polish forces. The latter have established contact with* Doniken’s army at Volochesk and elsewhere. Tho advance has begun. HELSINGFORS, Doc. 4. Lenin addressed n largo gathering at Moscow. He commenced by saying: “AATicn I am executed—” The audience interrupted him with: “That will never be.” Lenin calmly resumed. “When I am executed the wliolo world will see that- 1 am right.”— Times Seri-ice. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK FRONT. FROM BALTIC TO CASPIAN. (Received Dec. 9. 12.20 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 1. Semi-official messages from tho North Russian front state that the Bolsheviks have been compelled to abandon their position in the i’inoga Valley and retire towards tiro Dvina. They have also relaxed the pleasure in South Russia. The situation of tho Russo-Germans under Lettish pursuit is critical. It is considered that the ■ - aouation of tho Baltic States cannot longer be postponed. Volunteers in tho Ukraine joined up with the Polish advance guards, thus forming a united anti-Bolshevik front from the Caspian to the Baltic, also rendering possible the co-operation of tho Poles and tho volunteers.

A treaty has been signed under which tho Galician army comes under Denikin, Tho Galician Government has removed to Odessa.