THE RUSSIAN CONFUSION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19815, 5 December 1919, Page 7

THE RUSSIAN CONFUSION.

I STATE OF INCREDIBLE DISORDER. ESTHONUNS TIRED OF WAR. Br leie^ta.ph—Preas Association—CbpyrighV United Service. (Received December 5. 9.25 a.m.) PAULS, December .1. Iho In ter-Allied Military Commission reports that General Aon tier Goliz’s troops are rapid!v evacuating flic Baltic. Iho agent for one of tlie greatest rural proprietors in South. Russia slates that llie whole country is in incredible disorder. Deni ken’s army was well disciplined, but civil government does not exist outside a seven mile radius of his headquarters. Marauding bands, composed of deserters from the Bolsheviks. Potlnura and Deniken, are ravaging the whole country. Home of the leaders are ambitious to form small kingdoms, but tho majority of the bands are small, and are merely searching for plunder. Money has disappeared, and barter has supplanted tlie rouble, winch is of no real, value. It is likely that the Ukraine and South Russia will drift into a sort of economic feudalism, unless some central authority is established. (Received December 5, 8.45 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, December 1. It is possible flic Bolsheviks will capture Nnrvo, but the Esthonians are confident they can recapture it. Esthonia is tired of war, and now desires an armistice. The “PolitikenV’ Beval correspondent states that new negotiations begin at Dorpat on Tuesday, and it is believed that an armistice will result. ” 1 D’ANNUNZIO TO WITHDRAW FROM FIUME, (Received December 5, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, December 4. Under an agreement, between the Allies and Italy, D’Annunzio will withdraw from Flume, Italian regulars occupying Eimne and Dalmatia.