The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-19
TeutOns Are Dressed in Russ
Uniforms for Protection.
Extraordinary Measures To Re.
ceive Them at PetrOgrad.
GOVERNMENT AT MOSCOW
And Germany VIII Recognize 1t
With ChernOff at Head.
Strenuous Effort Made To Take
Refugees Out of Russia.

Washington. Aug. 19.-Petrograd's
reign of terror is reported raging un-
checked in an official dispatch today
from Stockholm. 1t is estimated that
80. 600 arrests have been made since
the beginning of August among army
officers and middle class citizens.
The Bolsheviki chiefs are said to be
on board the warship Aurora in the
roadstead of Kronstadt. prepared to
sail for Germany in case of a success
full uprising against them
Hun Embassy FIccs.
Washington, Aug. 19.-Three special
trains carrying 500 German soldiers
wearing Russian uniforms and the
German embassy staff have left Mos
COW for Petrograd, according to
cables reaching the state department
today.
The Germans left Moscow August
9, and on the same day unusual mill
tary and police measures were taken
in Petrograd in preparation for their
arrival
i ssTsetzky and Lenine arrived in
Petrograd on the same day and i'm
| mediately extraordinary police meas
ures were taken at Kronstadt, the
supposition being that the Bolshevilkf
leaders. together with the German
would go on to the strongly fortified
city.
Strenuous efforts are being made to
get refugees out of Russia, accord
consul at Moscow has requested the
Swedish government to send a num-
Der of ships to Petrograd to take a
party of 200 out of Russia These
| are believed to be refugees of entente
! nations In case this step fails, ar
rangements already are under way to
permit passage thru Finland, of the
party.
Bolshevi<i to Fall.
German representatives to Stock
countrymeE from Moscow on the
theory that the Bolsheviki are about
| to fall.
/ The new government at Moscow
| probably will be headed by Chernoff.
I and the social-revolutionari This
government is expected to summon q
constituent assembly at once. Germany
would recognize the government, the
| Stockholm agents said.
Difficulties in removing refugees
from Russia encountered, according to
/ Swedish dispatches which stated that
the German government refused to
grant a safe conduct to any refugees
until negotiations with England COW
ering treatment to Germans in China
is settled.
Negotiations are also under way to
permit departure of English and
French hostages The soviet govern
ment has notified the Czecho- -Slovaks
| that if they executed any Of the peo-
pies commissaries along the Sa-
mara front, Czecho-Slovaks at Moscow
would be executed in return.
Americans Among Refugees.
Washington, Aug. 19.-It is assumed
here that the refugees are American
and allied citizens seeking escape from
| Russia. Under date of August IT, the
Swedish consul general at Moscow re-
| ported that the German government
had refused safe conducts for any
refugees. including consular officers,
! and 1t was believed this refusal would
1 stand until negotiations were conciud.
ed with England concerning the treat-
ment of Germans in China. A re.
port dated August Is, said the Bol.
| sheviki authorities had agreed to per-
NIT the consuls to depart and that the
military missions of Great Britain and
France were preparing to leave Mos
COW by way of Astrakan and Persia
When these dispatches were sent ef-
forts still were being made to obtain
the release of British and French citi-
zens held as hostages by the Bolshe-
Wiki. Some were released several days
ago but nearly a hundred were held.
The Swedish consul general said the
negotiations would be greatly faciif-
tated if the allies would promise pro-
lection to soviets in northern Russia.
Joffe's Return a Puzzle.
Amsterdam, Aug. 19.-The return
to Berlin of Adolph Joffe. the Rus
sian ambassador to Germany. after q
stay of only one day at MOSCOW. ID
puzzlinR the German papers This
Weser Zeitung Of Bremen says that II
Is unable to understand the short stay
at Moscow. inasrnuch as "Joffe had &c
report on a supplementary treaty to
the Brest-Litovsk convention. which
had been initiated at Berlin by repre-
sentatives of both the Russians and
Germans"
Air Mail Service in France.