The sun., 1918-06-03
ALL OF RUSSIA
IN CONSPIRACY;
PLOT SPREADS
Overthrow of Revolution Is
Said to Be the Aim of
Movement.
CAUSED RECENT MuTINY
Imminence of Famine May Be
Vital Factor in Threat
cncd Clash.
CAUSED RECENT MuTINY
Sy the Asso~dted rren

LONDON, June - ne discovery IN
Moscow and Petrogrsd Of large
counter revolutionary plot which
stretches Throughout. the whole OF Rus
STA is announced in a Russian wireless
message received here tonight
To this plot is attributable in part
the nnutiny OF the Cze"ho-Slovak troops,
who have captured severa! inpor,an,
railway functions and lines.
Tho Soviet executive decided on May
90 70 undertake the partial calling to
arms OF several classes Of work men and
the poorer peasants in Petrograd and
Moscow and the Kuban and Don re-
eions
At the same time Moscow has been
declared In state Of siege. Counter
revolu.!onar.es have been arrested in
considerable numbers and energetic
measures have been taken against the
press These measures are necessary. II
Is announced. owing TO the situation In
which the Russian revolution has been
placed
The question dominating all others !s
tina. OF supplying the people with bread
now that Russia has been deprived OF
the Ukraine eranary. The kuban and
Don regions are. according to the Rus
nan statement. menaced by a counter
revolutionary band. which hopes by
means ~ complications 70 provoke
intervention by foreign Powers and thus
drive the Russian masses toward famine.
In some reg ions the large owners are
mobil!z'ng tho weli-to-do peasants with
the object OF resisting the efforts of The
Government 10 commanded tho -four
dspo's. and arc trying 10 conceal their
stocns for purposes Of future specuia-
ton. and finally agents o. the counter
revolution in the various cities through
out the country. says tho statement
arc seeking TO excite the starving
masses against the Soviet Government"
NJ. Tchtcherin, the Bolshcvik Foreign
Minister. In a message to Adolph Jofte,
the Russian Amba ssador to Germany,
denourres Gen. krasnofe. who was
member of ex-Prcmier Kerensky's staff
and who has proclaimed himself dictator
OF the Don Cossack district NJ. Tch-
tcherih says:
Gen. krasnoH Is an adventurer who
has sold himself in turn to one side or
the other and who has now concluded
an agreement with the Ukraine Govern
ment. headed by Gen. Skoropadski. in
viting foreign help with the object of
bringing the Cossack masses into sub
Denounces German Policy.
Against the invading foreigners the
4 r,,n
advance by Germany toward tine east
on the basis OF the alleged enforcement
of self-determiration is n con,ravention
OF her promises. II is an attempt to
stranse Russia. We have accepted
their modus vivendi. why will they
strangle us?'
kiev newspapers say Gen. krasnoffs
dictatorship Is based on the restoration
of the fundamental laws OF Russia be
fore the war. He declares nll laws OF
the Russian Provisional Government are
void, In his first decree he SAYS.
our late enemy. Austria Hungary
has now entered II Don region to ac.
in alliance vita us in the struggle
a aSainst the Red Guards and to help us
to restore order"
The dictator adds that the Don Gov
ernmcnt IL distinct sovereign state
W Zen is at war against the Russian re-
public. but Il at 1t Is on friendly terms
with the Government OF the Ukraine.
Accepts Tcuton Proposal.
NJ Tchitcherin has sent to the Ger
man Ambassador at Moscow the fol-
lowing note:
The Russian Government agrees with
the German Government that in order
TO obtain a speedy and complete accord
with Finland Russia should accept the
German proposal for rcgularizing rela-
tions with Finland"
This proposal provides FOR Finland
reding to Russia Fort lno and Ra.yola.
in the Province OF Viborg on the Rus
sian promise not 10 fortify these places
while Russia cedes TO Finland the west
ern part Of Murman and an outlet TO
the sea.
Beginning May 81 clocks throughout
Russia were advanced two hours in Or
der TO save light and fuel.
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