The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
Finland Officials Escape From
Capital to Tammerfors.
White Guards Stand by Govt
and Capture Many Cities.
WILD SCENES OF ANARCHY
Red Guards From Prussia Still
Hold HelsingfOrs.
City Contains Rich Residents
Who Fled From PetrOgrad.

Copenhagen, Jan. 31.-Ihe lHiilSii
government leaders have escaped
toward Tammerfors, where the army
is now concentrating, according to
dispatches received here today
Stockholm, Jan. 31-All is quiet at
Helsingfors, a dispatch from that city
reports. but fighting is underway at
other points in Finland between the
Red guard, which is supporting the
revolution, and the White guard,
which is UNFOLDING the Finnish gov
eminent. THE White guard is fighting
with enthusiasm and scoring successes
everywhere, notably at kemi, Ulea-
borg, Kajanailmola and St. Michel,
disarming the Red guard. In Fight
ing Tuesday near Kaemere station,
the Red guard-lost 81 killed and II
injured, while the White guard lost
only eight killed and one wounded,
In Throes of Revolution.
London. Jan. 31.-Finland is going
thru a revolution similar in aims to
the November revolution in Petro-
grad, says the Petrograd correspond
ent of the Daily News in describing
the Finnish situation. The forces OPP
posed to each other in Finland, how
ever, are very equally balanced, he
adds, and a comparatively painless
revolution like that pushed thru by
the RUSSIAN BOISheV1Rl Is unlikely.
The latest adyiceS from Petrograd
report continued fighting and disor-
ders in Finland. but the destruction
of telegraph and telephone lines pre-
vents much news from coming thru.
The railway telegraph system is still
in operation, but at many places these
wire facilities are in the hands of the
Red guard. 1t is expected that the
expelled members of the Rumanfan
legation who started for Stockholm
got no further thru Finland than
Terijoki, about 80 miles from Petro-
grad. ~ a''+,
Many of the Weather residents of
Petrograd fed into Finland to escape
the revolutionary troubles in the Rus
sian capital, thinking to find a safe
retreat. Some of this class took their
entire fortunes with them. The break
ing out of the revolution now makes
it appear that they escaped from one
evil only to encounter another equal
ly as great.
Senators Seek Refuge at Vasa.
Members of the Finnish senate are
said to have taken refuge in Vasa.
Most of the news of the puzzling sit
Hation lis coming from Stockholm and
Copenhagen. It consists largely of re-
ports of fighting in which General
Mannerhoim, commanding the PRO
lection CORPS" which seems to be the
p x
government claims successes. Gen
eral Mannerholm is reported march
ing to attack Helsingfors, where the
Red Guard and its adherents seem to
be still in control
Three Finnish steamers arrived in
Stockholm on Wednesday. One of
them reports wild scenes and extreme
misery among the population in Abo
and Viborg. Anarchy almost beyond
description seems to prevail every
where, according to these accounts
Beyond preparing to send Swedish
warships to take out any endangered
Swedish subjects, Sweden seems at
present to contemplate no interference
in Finnish affairs,- but the situation
is engaging the closest attention of the
| Swedish government
Food Problem Greatest.
The correspondent at Helsingfors of
the Copenhagen Berlingske Tidende
| telegraphS an interview with Senator
Manner, head of the provisional So
cha; democratic government just
| formed at HeIsingfors, in which he
declared that the platform of Finland
| would be to keep upon terms of
| friendly intercourse with all her
neighbors in Scandinavia and with
Russia while maintaining FinIand's
former freedom and independence
| The Internal policy of the government
he said would not be wholly social
istic but it would be carried out by
all means necessary even if it resulted
Yin fighting between the Red guard
and civilians. The food question, Sen
ator Manner pointed out. was one OF
great difficulty but he hoped for the
help of Russia and would be grateful
for Scandinavian aid. The consuls at
Heis1ngfors for the Scandinavian ma
tons are arranging for a special train
to remove their countrymen from
| Finland.
|