Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-10
BOLSHEWK| ARREST
CONSULAR AGENTS
British and French Representa-,
tives in Soviet Russia
in Custody.
NEGOTIATING AN EXCHANGE
Reign of Terror Costs 512 Lives
of Those Opposed to
Lenine.
tRy Associated Frcss. ]


ish and French consular and other
officials throughout Eoishe evik -con,roU-
ed Russia arc under arrest pending
the outcome of negotiations now 60
Ing on between the allied governments
and the Soviet authorities
News OF the wholesale arrests reach
cd tho state Department to-day in :,
message from Norman Armour sccre-
tary Of tho United states embassy
in Russia. who has arrived a, stock
holm with the American officials and
citizens who Travelled from Russia on
special train through Finland II
had been known that tho British and
French officials were prevented from
leaving, and that in Moscow and ret
rograd they had been arrested
Mr.. Armour saiu the officials. though
PRISONS did S' daseribs "siq l% the 1Ssular eaT
Nationals of C;rea, Britain and france.
other than officials arc at liberty.
The allied powers: through neutral
diplomats: have demanded the release
OF the prisoners and warned Bolshevik
authorities that they will be held per
sonally responsible for their SECURITY.
Tchitcherin. the Bolshevik Foreign
Minister had announced new s.ipu-
ish and French officials would be per
mitted to depart.
message z.
report on conditions in Russia gen.
SOvIETs ARE WILLING TO
MAKE TRADE OF DIPLOMATS
The Soviet government of Russia is
diplomats with Great Britain. IL the
reatsa' poIsrs viii nndsrtake TO
sentatives at London are given safe
conduct home; The following state
fnr RI ell
the Petrograd Telegraph Agency. out
lines the condition under which the
to AN Amsterdam dspatch:
action of the French and British dip.
against the Soviet power. the govern
men, Of the Soviet republic found il :
self Obliged 10 Isolate various agents
the governmcnt. as before. is willing
TO prepare for the exchange Of diplo-
take to guarantee that NJ. I-vinoff and
all Russian citizens receive a safe
fionduet; that I.iyinoTs and his col,
pass without examination and that no
further difficulties be put in the way
with free exit from London and pass
age across Scandinavia. be guaranteed
Livnon is being notified by telegraph.
and on receipt of his answer confirming
his departure. r.. ~. Lockhart, acting
British consul-Gencral. and those
companying him will then be handed
over to the protection of the Dutch rep
rcscntatives.
In other disputed questions previous
agreements will remain valid"
DOSIIENII<I INAUt!URATi
REIGN OF TERROR
An American dispatch says that.
according TO an official announcement
made at Pctrograd and received there
TO-DAY by telegraph. up TO the present
5l2 alleged countcr-revolutionari in
cluding ten members of the Right So
cal Revolutionary, party. have been
shot as a rcprisal for tho murder OF
Moses uritzky. chairman Of the Pc
trograd commission for the suppression
Of counter evolution. In Smolcnsk
thirty-four large landowners and the
former Moscow archimandritc, Makari.
have been shot as 4 reprisal for the
attempt made on the life OF Premier
Lenine.
An unofficial report that the Bolshc-
Wiki proba bly, had retakcn Sanara was
transmitted TO the state Department
,o.oay by Consul-General Harris. at
lrkutsk. under date of September 4.
II this report is true, the. consul
general added. Orenburg. Simbsk and
other important cities in that district
are in danger.
Since September 3. the message said.
no commun'cation had been had with
EkaterinburS.
Vice Consul IIadley, at Samara. tele-
graphed on August % that the Boil
sheviki were gaining strength on the
front west OF the NolGa. from Pensa
to point near kaZan. due to the
presence there of a large artillery force
under the direction Of the Germans.