The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-17
RUSSIA
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Severe Fighting R!ioItino aud
Looting Reported From
Many Parts Of Slav-
onic Empire
OLD GRUDGEs PAID OFF
sebastapol Scene Of Two Days
of Butchery General Kal-
ward With Army
Ward With Army

London, ian. Is. The latest news re-
ceiyed in Petrograd according to q Reu-
ter dispatch from that city, Indicates
further fighting In the interior of Rus
Ssia. A newspaper dispatch from Khar
skov reports that after the maximalists 4
opened fire with machine guns, the
second Ulsranlan regiment surrendered
with 1000 rifles and Is machine guns. I
The commander OF the regiment was !
arrested. ssSiE
Twelve capitalists residents Of Khar-
kov were ordered to donate A 900, 900
rnbles for the unemployed. The sum
was disbursed by the municipality.
A dispatch from Rostov says that
Dabaltzova, a station on the Exc terinol
slav line changed hands three times mi
the fighting between the Cossacks and
the bplshevists.
The struggle was renewed on Friday
after both sides had been reinforced
considerably.
1t is reported that General Kaladines.
the Cossack leader is proceeding toward
the north. The city of Ufa In eastern
Russia. is said to be in the hands OF the
bolshevists, who seized the banks and1
government buildings. They are senc-
Ing forces including artillery, to Tchely-l
abinsk on the Trans Siberian railway
where serious fighting Is expected,
Soldiers Reap Profits.
Hunger riots have occurred inl
Kolumna in the government OF Moscow
resulting in the killing Of y persons
and wounding 100. The bolshevists,
have occupied the Moscow headquar-
tiers of the Union OF Zemstvas.
Idle soldiers In PetrOgrad are Jour-,
neying to the provinces and bringing
back to the capital provisions which
| they are selling to the Inhabitants at
| exorbitant prices.
Two Days Of eutchery.
i A dispatch to the Times from Odessa
describes the disorders at SebastOpol In
/ which So naval officers were killed in
two days Of butchering In which the
1 horrors of Kronstadt were reenacted.
1t is added that most OF those killed
! were members of the committee which
| in 1912 under the old regime held an
4 inquiry into the rebellious sailors revo y
/ lutionary union, which resulted In tho
execution of many sailors and the exile
/ of others The affair apparently for
gotten has now been brought up against
those responsible who were regarded as
meriting death. 1t Is reported in Odes-
sa that the number Of officers killed
4 is greater than g.
Town of kilia Looted.
The town Of Kilia at the mouth Of
Danube which has been called the Rus
sian Venice, another dispatch to the
/ Times says was looted during the
4
toned there, assisted by hoodluEns.
Much of the town was burned, the
rioters firing the buildings after the
houses and shops were sacked. The
work was done systematically show
4 ing that preparation has been made
before hand.
The population fled in terror. Some
crossed into Rumania, while others
scattered into the surrounding country
where they are destitute. Still others
came to Odessa by steamer. The per-
petrators of the outrage also came to-
Odessa where they were allowed to take
| trains north without being molested.
The superior council Of national cons
/, 1nissaries, according to Reuter- dis
patch from Petrograd, has drafted a
decree declaring null and void all ma
tional loans issued by the imperial and
bourgeois (Lvoff-Kerensky) govern
ments. All domestic loans held by for
eigners are to be annulled without res
ervation. The only loans to be de-
clared are short term loans and the
CLEAR DON BASIN.
Petrograd Sunday. Jan. 13.--Bol-
sheyist soldiers have cleared the basin
Of the Don river Of troops Of General
kaledines, gaining possession of i'm
fiacially. They also have captured
Ekaterinoslav.
/ In the operations in the Don region
the bolshevist lost 10 killed and 20
wounded.
The bolshevist government has in
formed the Armenians in Turkish
Armenia, that it supports their right
to self definition.
The French consul general in Fin
land announces that his government
has requested the French ambassadors
at Washington, London and Rome ia
urge the allies to recognize Finland