Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — BOLSHEVIKI GIVE UP PETROGRAD [ARTICLE]

BOLSHEVIKI GIVE UP PETROGRAD

“Reds” Are in Full Flight From North Russia, Is Report REMOVE All THEIR STORES Minister of War Trotzky Orders Governor to Surrender Capital Without a Fight—Unconfirmed Reports Say “Reds" Win Orenburg, |n South.

London, Jan. 24.—The bolshevik forces are evacuating Petrograd and removing all stores, according to a dispatch from Helsingfors. The message adds that Leon Trotzky, minister of war, is transferring his headquarters to NlJni Novgorod and that the anti-bolshevik movement is growing daily. Trotzky has ordered Zlnovieff, bolshevik governor of Petrograd, to surrender that city without a fight If it ii attacked by the northern Russian forces, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. “Reds” Lose in North. Jn northern Russia, tl>e dispatch adds, the bolshevik forces have been defeated and a large part have surrendered. In addition, great numbers of peasants are reported to be in revolt In various parts of bolshevik Russia. General Zlnovieff Is a close associate of Premier Lenlne. He has been In command In Petrograd most of the time since the bolshevik capital was removed to Moscow. Esthonian officials claim that the defeat of the bolshetflsts. after the capture of Narva amounted to a complete rout, according to another Helsingfors dispatch to the Dally Mall. Esthonian advance guards now are within 75 miles of Petrograd and continue to capture prisoners, arms and munitions. Their booty Includes an armored train. It has been learned that the Esthonlans intend to push as far east as the Luga and Pllusa rivers, which will enable them to encircle the city of Pskov. It is said to be impossible for them to attack Petrograd without outside help. But Whi In South. Unconfirmed reports have been received in official circles here that the bolshevik! have captured Orenburg, capital of the province of that name, on the Rural r3P£r, about 250 miles north of the Black sea. If the report proves true, the difficulty of the Russian-Siberian army getting Into touch with General Denlklne’s force Is Increased. The capture of Orenburg also would constitute a threat to the small British force in