Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1918 — REDS EVACUATE RUSS CAPITAL [ARTICLE]

REDS EVACUATE RUSS CAPITAL

Stockholm Dispatch Says the Bolsheviki Will Go to Nijni-Novgorod DISCONTENT WITH THEIR RULE Approach of American and Allied Forces and Opening of Baltic by Allied Fleets Makes Flight Necessary—-Try to Raise Army. Stockholm, Dec. 17.—The bolshevik government is evacuating Petrograd. It plans to take refuge in NijniNovgorod, 600 miles southeast of Petrograd. The bolshevik officials for some weeks have been In a precarious position in the Russian capital and long have been prepared for flight. „ Discontent with bolshevik rul£ and the approach of the American and allied forces from the north, together with the opening of the Baltic to the allied fleets, has left Petrograd at the mercy of the allies. It is possible that the flight of the government was decided upon to forestall an allied coup aimed at the capture government. Try to Raise Big Army. New York, Dec. 17.—The bolsheviki are trying to raise an army of 3,000,000 to put down the conservative element in Russia, whom they term imperialists. Capt. Platon Oustlnoff, formerly of the Second Life Hussars, who left Petrograd - " -October 30, declared on his arrival on the Stockholm. Captain Oustinoff said the government had forbidden citizens to leave the country, and he was able to depart only because he was classed as an invalid.

Executions by the bolshevlkl were a daily occuerenco, he stated, and thousands of conservatives were held as hostages. After the recent slaying of a minister of the interior, he asserted, the “reds” shot 512 officers of the former Imperial regime. Food is so scarce, the captain Said, that horseflesh sells for 10 rubles ($5) a pound and black bread for 12 rubles a loaf. Poland Asks Allied Aid. Warsaw, Dec. 17.—The government of Poland should be recognized by all the allied powers to deal with the situation in Poland, General Joseph Pilsudski, military head of the government, told tlie correspondent. He said: “We need an army to avoid the danger of civil war and guarantee the frontiers against bolshevik agents or the infiltration of German troops, particularly those from the army of General Hoffman. These factors constitute a menace unless we get arms from the allies.” “The Germans prevent our officers and troops, even in civil dress, from crossing the frontier and organizing the Poles at Vilna, Minsk and elsewhere against growing disorders. “The Germans are selling and giving arms to dangerous elements. It is even declared the Germans have delivered the City of Minsk to the bolshevik! in return for 40,000 rubles.”