BOLSHEVIK RUSSIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12646, 2 June 1919, Page 3

BOLSHEVIK RUSSIA.

| COLONIALS VOLUNTEERING. rri. . , .. LONDON, May 30. i , us^ra " an Press Association learns that one hundred ana luty austiaiiaus, mostly mtantry, have enlisted ogo to Russia. All wore demoonisea in tiio past fortnight. Australian headquarters discourages tho enlistment n Australians having dependents in England, and reluses leave to Australians having dependents in Australia. iVlostt‘io i . meu are . between twenty and thirty-three, mainly moved by a "spirit ot adventure. Several, after being recruited by British officers, refused to attest on learning that they would not bo permitted to wear the Australian 'uniform nor placed in a definite Australian unit. No members of the Australian Ihy mg Corps have enlisted. Brigadier Davies, of the Eighth Brigade, commands the British battalion ~ are mostly enlisting in twos and threes, seldom singly. Major Wark, V .r.., and Captain Moon, V.C., are seeking to enlist, and their comrades are endeavouring to dissuade them. Iho men receive half their deferred pay it they enlist for a year. The War Office pays tnoir return fare to Australia ■further enlistments are unlikely. HUNGARIANS CUT OFF. . LONDON, May 31. A great Polish offensive has begun on the whole front in Eastern Galicia. The junction of Poles and Rumanians now cuts oir the Hungarians from the Russians. ALLIES’.'TERMS OF RECOGNITION. . PARIS, May 26. The Big Fpiir are ■willing to recognise rny non-Soviet Russian Government u Inch agrees to convene a National Convention and respect the new independent border States. The Allies have decided to lift the blockade from Hungary immediately n K Government is formed at Budapest, even one headed by M. Bela Kun. ■ c . FINNISH ADVANCE ON PETROGRAIX LONDON, May 30. A Moscow wireless message states that Finnish troops are landing on the east coast of Lake Ladoga, Finnish operations ’in tho Olonets region, coupled with their operations on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, indicate that the enemies intend to de" I velop a pincers movement, squeezing letrograd from east and west.