Evening star., 1918-02-01
LEN|NE Is. AGAIN
S[AYERS TARGET
Unsuccessful Attempt Made to
Kill Russ Prenlier-Poles
War on BoIsheviki.
FINLAND SITUATION BETTER
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, February Another un-
successful attempt ,on the life Of Pre-
mier Lenine was made last night, ac-
cording to the Petrograd correspondent
of the Daily News. A young man in a
students uniform entered the Smolny
Institute, the bolshevik headquarters,
and fred shot from revolver at the
premier without hitting him. The red
guards, stationed outside the premier's
room, were arrested and will be charged
with neglect of duty.
Poles War on Bolsheviki.
LONDON, February News has
reached Kief from Minsk that the
Polish legion has declared war against
the bolsheviki, a Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd says.
The report of the Polish legion's
action also is forwarded by the Petro-
grad correspondent Of the Exchange
Telegraph Company who says that, ac-
cording to a telegram from Minsk the
bolsheviki have attacked a Polish di-
fighting occurred. The Polish COM
mander-in-chief telegraphed the COM
mander on the western front that
state of war existed between the PoliSn
army and the bolsheviki.
In the ancient Tartar capftal OF
BakhtchiSarai representatives OF the
Crimean Tartars have held consult
uent assembly and issued declaration
of the establishment of an autonomous
Crimean republic. The entire popuia,
~f Nj, ND
workmen's deputies are said to have ac-
knowledged the new republic. An cpl
demic has broken out in Crimea.
Finland Crisis Reassuring.
The situation in Finland is more re-
assuring, according to the latest re-
ports received at the Finnish legation
at Stockholm and transmitted by the
correspondent of the Times The red
guards have been disarmed or are will
ingly surrendering their arms all over
the country. The revolutionnsts Stlli
hold Helsingfors, the capital under
special arrangement.
Owing to the break between the boil
sheyik government and Rumania. the
revolution committee of the Black sea
fleet has resolved to confiscate the
means Of transport belonging to Ru-
mania, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Petrograd About
forty steamships and several warships
have been seized in Black sea harbors.
kiev, which for some time past has
been invested by the bolshevik troops
who are engaged against the Ukrain-
change dispatch from Petrograd.
STOCKHOLM. February 1.-Tele-
graph and telephone communications
are broken between Tornea and many
other Finnish points, so that 1t is i'm
possible as yet accurately to follow the
course of events in Finland The latest
reports indicate that the government
troops are in control of all Of Finland
lying north Of a line from Vasa. on the
Gulf of Finland. through Haapamaki,
Jyvaskyla and Saint Michael to Kex-
holm.
Peace Conference On.
BREsT-LITovsK, Wednesday, January
30, via Amsterdam to London. January 81.
presided today at the opening Of the
plenary sitting of the peace conference.
DR.. Richard Won Kuhlmann, the German
foreign secretary. announced that DR..
Count Padewils- -Durnitz, former premier
of Bavaria, would. by virtue of treaty
rights of Bavaria and in agreement with
Emperor William and Count Won Hert-
ling. the imperial German chancellor, rep
resent Bavaria
Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign
minister. said that two representatives of
the Ukrainian peoples republic had been
incorporated in tho Russian delegation to
which also had been added NJ. Kareiin,
tho peoples commissioner for state prop
erty.
PETROGRAD, January 31.-In report
ing the reopening OF the negotiations
at Brest-Litovsk the semi-officiai Rus
sian news agency says that the pres
ence in the conference of DIR. Count
Count Podewils-Durnitz is due to the
opposition OF the Bavarian press to-
Constitution Adopted.
A constitution Of the Russian So
cialistic soviet republic' has been
adopted by the congress of workers
and soldiers deputies. The constitu-
ton proposes that the republic shall
be a voluntary union of the nations OF
Russia. of which the highest authority
shall be the ail-Russian workmen's and
soldiers congress, which is to meet not
less frequently than each three months
of the year. In the time between ses-
sions power is to rest in an executive
committee.
The Moscow council of workmen's and
soldiers deputies has declared the Ger
man peace proposals unacceptable, and
has suggested that the council of ma
tional commissioners organize So
cialistic army to fight against German
Imperialism.
Ambassador Francis
Receives Third Threat
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