RUSSIAN SITUATION

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14254, 3 January 1920, Page 5

RUSSIAN SITUATION

FATE OF TROTSKY. HIS ASSASSINATION REPORTED. MUTINY AMONG THE TROOPS. (United Service.) Received January 2, 5.5 p.m. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13. It is rumoured that Trotsky, who was personally leading the Narva army, has been assassinated. Prisoners state ' that mutiny is rampant among the troops owing to winter hardships. Another report states that sailors hanged Trotsky, but this is not confirmed. ESTHON3ANS AND BOLSHEVIKS. ARMISTICE ARRANGED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Jan. 2, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, .lan. 2. The Esthonians and Bolsheviks have signed a preliminary armistice with a view to peace negotiations. The armistice recognises Esthonia’s independence. TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. A CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN GUARD. ALLEGED SEDITIONI3T ARRESTED. (Reuter.) (Received Jan. 2, 7.45 p.m.) LONDON, January 1. Reports from Irkutsk state that the Allied Commissioners and Kolchak’s Government have agreed to entrust the guarding of the trans-Siberian railway to the Gzecho-Slovaks. NEW YORK, Dec. 31. A Buffalo message states that Dr. Anna Keinstenn, wife of a Minister in the Lenin Cabinet, has been arrested on a charge of seditious .propaganda. UNTRUSTWORTHY GUARD. ADMIRAL KOLCHAK’S APPEAL. (■Australian and. N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 3, 8.25 p.m. VLADIVOSTOCK, December 31. Admiral Kolchak appeals to the Allies against the Czechoslovaks, who are stopping trains, seizing supplies, and defying the authorities.