BOLSHEVIK RULE.
PETRC6RAD A CITY OF DEATH.
POPULATION GREATLY REDUCED BT DISEASE AND EXECUTIONS.
RUMANIANS OCCUPY BUDAPEST.
By Telegraph—Freu Acsociatioo —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. 'Cable AMooiatioa. •’ (Received August*s, 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 31. Tlie State Department announces that it has received information that Petrograd’s population, which was 2,318,645 before the war, is now 800,000, and is rapidly dwindling, as a result of disease, deportations and Bolshevik executions. REPORTED OCCUPATION OF BUDAPEST, (Received August 5, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 4, Telegrams from Budapest state that the Rumanians have occupied the city. UNIVERSAL TRAINING AND A PEACE ARMY. (Received August 5, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 31. Mr Newton Baker will submit plans to Congress for a permanent Peace Army of 600,000, and advocating universal military training. TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE OFF MEXICO, (Received August 6, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 4. A Pacific fleet of Dreadnoughts, which was off Mexico, was shaken by an earthquake of terrific violence, and suffered slight damage.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12711, 5 August 1919, Page 5
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