MARCH OF BOLSHEVISM

Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14026, 1 April 1919, Page 5

MARCH OF BOLSHEVISM

AN ARMY OF HALF A MILLION. READY TO INVADE WEST EUROPE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Rcceibed March 31, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, March 2!). The Herald’s Paris correspondent understands that members of the Peace Conference have been informed that Trotsky has 500,000 well-trained troops ready for an invasion of Western Europe. i ■ , LITHUANIAN SUCCESSES. BOLSHEVIKS RETREAT IN DISORDER. AFTER SUSTAINING HEAVY LOSSES. (■Australian and N,Z. Cable Assn.l (Received March 31, 10.15 p.m.) PARIS, March 30. The Lithuanians continue their successes against the Bolsheviks. In a recent engagement 1000 Bolsheviks were lulled and 1000 taken prisoner. The remainder retreated in disorder. It is reported that the Bolsheviks are sending a naval detachment, which is considered to be composed of their best troops. GERMAN INTRIGUE. DETHRONED AS A WORLD POWER. MAY JOIN THE BOLSHEVISTS. AND TRUST TO RAPID RECOVERY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.f Received March 31, 11.40 p.m. PARIS, March 31. An investigator employed by the British told the conference t£at there had been serious coquetting between the German governing classes, particularly the militarists and Bolshevists. They realise that Germany has been dethroned as a world power, and contemplate the alternative of Joining in with the Bolshevists and dragging down the world with them, believing that Germany can recover more rapidly than other nations.