The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-04
Statement Lenine and Trotzky
Have Fled Following Fall OF
Moscow to K0rniloff and
kaIedines Doubted.
GRAND DUKE ON THRONE?
Purported Facts Concerning
Developments In Russia at
Variance and Inspire
Little Confidence.

Stockholm, June 29.--Tle Petrograo
T~elegramblad publishes a report that
the bolshevists nave been oycrthrown,
that Moscow has been occupied by
the Germans; and that Premier Lenine-
n War Minister Trotshy have fled
to Thurman, and that Nikolai Nikolale-
witch has been mad emperor.
German military authorities In Fin
land have no confirmation. These ru-
mors are being received here with the,
greatest reserve.
The Copenhagen newspapers give
prominence to a Berlin dispatch quot
ing the Tages zettung of that city as
follows:
1T is believed here that the boshev-
list government will soon be overthrow
n that Kerensky is the man of the.
future in Russia"
Credit to Czecho- slovaks.
The advices declare that the sup
porters of Grand Duke Nicholas haEe
oVerthrowi1 the soviets throughout
the Siberian provinces of Irkutsks,
Observation-Disclosures and khabarovsk.
The defeat of the b~olshevists is said
to have been made possible by the VIC
tory of theCZecho-Slovak forces and
the treachery of the red guard. Sever
al attachments of the red guard arc
W AZ liAti!N ( GU VIZ W.
ficers and then surrendered.
The Exchange Telegraph
pupllshes Its message containing the
reports of the bolshevist overthrow
ana the accompanying details with
reserve" and point out that the in
formation emanates mainly from Ger
man sources and therefore should be
received with caution
A lack of conference is noted in these,
iSDOTIS through their incl1SionLo ~ ~ o,,o
v WhioIa f fnV the the Berlin Tages zeitung,
agreeing. with the statement that Grand,
Duke Nicholas has been made emperor
Generals Korniioff and Ka,edines ara.
SAIL 70 nave been assisted by German.
e ce0es' and N tb hhe REP, rdedported capture of Mos.
fusion to the account as no German.
troops have been reported near enough
10 epa moS Sc to render the generals any aid.
SVeh II germany We're inclined to array
netSefL inoetlhiteiy against the b~olshevist.
aainshorities, which she has seemed un-.
The two generals, it may be noted, have.
beth previously been reported to have,
been killed in battle or assassinated.
Grand Duke Nilsolai. or Nicholas. ia,
an uncle of the former ear and at the,
start OF the war vas commander in.
chief of the Russian armies. After vim
nlns several brilliant victories he was,
oLAu oppoililGQ NlCeTOy OIL the.
caucasus" September s, 1915. This is.
reported to have been a result of the,
former cars jealousy.
On June 2, 1917, Nicholas is reported
to have been arrested, following royal
list riots in Tiflis, and tried by the reyo-
%lutionists for high treason. Apparently
nothing resulted from the trial.
General Korniloff was former COM
mander in chief Of the Russian armies.
succeeding General Brusiloff on August
., 1917.
General Kaledine was "hetma-." Of
he Don Cossacks.
PRISONERS AID BoLsHEVIsTs.
London. June 29.-That the bolshey-
lists in Siberia are weak and could be-
overthroWn easily, but for the supper
OF armed prisoners released by them.
is the contention of the Hardin COR
respondent of the Daily Mail. IL a dis
patch dated June % he says that Of
ae'ooe prisoners fighting on the side
1000 are Magyars, who are the chief
source Of bolslaevist strength. Two or
three allied division, the
2 could put down all opposition in
Siberia. He adds:
The weakness OF the b~olsheyists
may be imagined from the fact that a
rev scattered Czecho-Slovak forces are,
ab!e to hold the Siberian railway from
IcheliabinslS to Nil Udinsk, a distance
OF 1,5o0 miles, and keep in touch with
tho counte revolutionary movement
in southeastern Russian led by Ger. Al
eAieIf. Bolshevisn is a living corpse.
Allied intervention is vital not only to
save the Russians from the Germans.
put to save the Russians from them
selves"
The correspondent then gives i,for.
NATION concerning conditions in lead
ing Slberiay1 towns. He said there ara
4V,ooo unarmed Austrian prisoners at
C!msk, where a German consul has
9ust, arrlved. The consul has received
100000 rubles from the local bolsheyist
government as IN indemnity for the
liquidation of German business while
Representatives of British and Ameri-
can firms are being mulcted heavily
under threat Of imprisonment.
CAPITAL is sKEPTIcAL,
Washington. D. c., June 2s.Al re-
korlS OF sensational DEVELOPMENTS in
Fussla arc treated by officials here
MIL .he utmost reserve and with a
disposition to believe nothing until the
information comes through dir.ect ana
official channels.
lhe state department. has heard
sIlIougn neutral countries Of the r,1-
Inored assassination Of the formar.
e "a me proclatmtng OF Grand Duke
the bolshevist government ~ Mosao on
and the flight of Lenine and rrrotSLw
me proclamation of a separate rover,
!nent IN Siberia under Grand NIL
Michael and OF Berlin reports that Eare
snsKy is regarded as the man Of tha
nour by Petrograd. In regard to ANS
ann mat comes out OF Berlin or from
offici aslln arn source, state department
recall many stories set afloat hv ny
IeIh1ans with the hope Of trannins
ane United States and tho allies into
eompromising their position By 4 stand
49, !, " AGAINST onesof the Russian fac
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