Evening star., 1918-08-15
Petrograd Officials Remove
to Kronstadt as Angry !
Peasants Near.
STARVING BANDS SAY FOOD
WAS STOLEN BY REDS
Troops Reputed Evacuating Mos
cow and Gold Reserve
Is Removed.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 15.-The soviet
government has issued q proclama-
ton declaring that the Russian re-
public is in danger. according to tele-
grams from Helsingfors received In
and quoted by the corre-
spondent Of the Times there.
The Petrograd soviet has removed
to Kronstadt owing to tho insecurity
of the city. Bands of armed peasants
are reported marching on Petrograd
from surrounding districts. They de-
clare they are starving and that tho
red guards have stolen all their
food.
Dissatisfaction with the soyiets is
said to prevail everywhere in Russia
Soviet Troops Quitting Moscow.
AMSTERDAM. August Is British
wireless press).-Soviet troops have
begun to evacuate Moscow. The gold
reserves which had bcen in the base
ment of the Kremlin already have
been removed to an unknown place.
Dispatches received in London on
Monday reporting that Premier Len
inc and war Minister Trotzky had
fed to the naval base at Kronstadt,
added that all the government de-
partments also would be removed
there. The flight of Lenine and Trotz-
ky was said to be due to threats by
the social revolutionists of the left
ho< hov xuo ahnIrf haCtn a rAiRn
of terror there. Whether the soviet
troops were forced to depart from
Moscow is not clear, but the loss Of
the city to the soviet government un-
doubtedly will be serious blow to
their cause.
MOSCOW, the ancient capital of Rus
sia. was made the soviet capital in
March. The Lenine government ned
there from Petrograd. toward which
the German troops were marching. II
days that the Germans had renewed
their march towardSs-Re&reGxn
SsssPl sssssS III Ssss sisS sssSRs ~ sias "a
800 miles east 6x Moscow. $
News From Russia Cheers.
! AlIs the news coming from Russia
today is favorable to, the cause sof
the allies and their companions In
arms, the Czecho-Slovalxs. It is re-
ported that the soviet troops and
government have begun the evaoua-
tio1a of MOSCOW; that Russian peas
ants are. iockfng to the support OF
the SCzecho- -Sloyaks' and that the
soviet power bids fair to- be soon
annihilated at Moscow.
The great significance Of such an
outcome would be that the Czecho-
Slovaks and the allies would be
placed in a position Of vantage from
vladiyostok to Moscow. and that the
Archange1 on the north. thus giving
the proposed new regime in Russia
a consolidated position.
Thus would be opened up an inn
mense' field of supplies and a wide
actual eastern front" SO far as Ger
many is concerned, would be brought
many miles nearer. while there would
be Important consolidation Of all the
anti-German forces.
To Get Rail Control.
with the soviet government ousted
from Moscow, the -Slovaks are
Immediately put in control of the rail-
road lines from Siberia to Moscow ana
from Archangel to Moscow. The
peasants reinforcing this army are
just learning the truth about the as.
the allies had been beaten on the west
front as Russia had fallen in the east.
The great mass OF Russians. the
government here is informed, also are
Just learning Of the landing OF allied
troops on the Murman coast and at
vladivostok and Of the recent victo-
ries of the allies in France. AZ these
facts become known. there IL q revival
Of the antiAGerman spirit among the
Russians. and, according 70 reports
ing to the ranks of the Cxecho -Slovaks
in large numbera
Peasants Can Aid.
The report that armed peasants are
marching on Petrograd and that the
soviet Of that city has fed to Kron-
stadt is also regarded with interest
here. Omcials say that the peasants
can give the German forces. reported
yesterday as marching ON Petrograd.
4 great deal Of trouble, as It will re-.
quire q large force to hold them in,
check.
gold reserve in Moscow. reported re.
large. when the bolsheyiki moved to
MOSCOW from Petrograd they moved
q large portion of the gold reserve to
iKaxan and Simirsk. which are now in
the hands of the Czecho-SIovaks and
TO S8T1I0V. An0 Oulk VI Illo BOlQ EC~
serve in the Kremlin was the Bull
garian fund. which 1t is supposed the
bolsheviki appropriated.
German Troop Traffic Delayed.
An official dispatch from switzer-
land today says that 1t is reported
frorn MOSCOW via Berlin that the run
ming Of military trains Transporting
troops to be sent against the Czecho-
Slovaks have been considerably him
dered on account OF rfsings among the
railroad employees Trotzl1y threatens
to take severe measures against the
railway men.
Prof. T. q. Masaryk. the commando
ier-in-chief Of the Czecho- Slovalc force,
who IL In Washington. is Of the opin-
ion that the retirement Of the soviets
from MOSCOW may have been compeIl-
cd by reason Of the failure Of Lettish'
troops to operate against the Czecho-
sIoyaks, II is understood that an
amy of Let's commanded by German
officers was sent to oppose the Szechs
and it is believed that they refused
to fight.
Japanese Plan Of Attack.
Guarded limitations are given IN
velf informed ohicial quarters here
anticipated the need for speedy as
sisfance to the Cxecho- -Siovaks in
Western Siberia, who have been almost
mi on from Communication with their
brethren who constituted the advances
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