Evening star., 1918-07-12
PEASANTS MARCH
ON RED CAPITAL
General Railway Strike
Threatened in Russia-Hun
Indemnity Is Large.
PLAGUE GRIPS PETRoGRAD
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July - (Havas Agency
Russian railway men are on strike in
several districts, according to Zurich
dispatch, quoting the Leipzig Neueste
Nachrichten. The strike threatens to
become general, the newspaper re-
ports.
NJ. Tchernoff, leader Of the Rus
sian social revolutionists, is marching
on Moscow at the head of numerous
bands of unarmed peasants, says
dispatch from Stockholm to the Matin.
Part Of its force has arrived in the
outskirts of the bolshevik capital.
Arrest Reported.
"a dispatch received in Paris on July
9 reported that NJ. Tchernoff and three
other members of the Kerensky cab
met had been arrested in Moscow as
alleged leaders of a revolt against the
bolsheviki. German reports have de-
clared that the social revolutionists
were responsible for the abortive re-
yolt)
Germany's Indemnity Claim.
Germany's claim for indemnity from
Russia amounts to the round sum of
1000. 100000 rubles. according to a re-
port printed in the Berlin vosische
Zeitung. of the work done by the
mixed commission named to take up
consideration of claims growing out
of the conclusion of the Brest-Li-
tovsk treaty.
This commission has concluded it's
sessions, during which the German
representatives, says the newspaper,
presented claims aggregating the
amount named for war damages. I'm
mediate settlement of the claim is
asked, 1t Is stated.
Cholera on Increase.
LONDON. July flowing to the
grave food shortage. cholera is on the
increase in Petrograd and hundreds
of persons are daily falling victims
to 1t, says a Russian wireless dis
patch received today.
Bolsheviki on Offensive.
LONDON. July 11.-Bolshevik forces
have taken the offensive against the
Czecho-Slovak army in the Volga
region and the government troops
have won q great. success. says a Rus
sian officiaI statement received here
by wireless today from Moscow. The
Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia also are re-
ported to be retreating before a coun-
ter offensive of the Russian boil
sheviki. The communication. which
was sent out by the department of
military operations of the peoples
commissariat of war, reads:
July 9-Czecho Slovak 'front.'
After preparations for an offensive
our troops haye reached great sue
cess. Almost without loss. we took
birsk) and Bugulma 130 miles north
west of Ufa). The CZecho-Slovaks
and white guards fled in disorder in
the direction of Samara. We are
reaching Stavropol Gin Ciscaucasia),
Yaroslav (160 miles northeast of Mos
cow and Rybinsk (fifty-two miles
northwest Of Yaroslav).
Armed Train Shells Towns.
IAN armed train has violently she'll
ed towns occupied by the white
guard. who are fleeing in a panic over
the River volga. Detachments fed to
Rybinsk. where they tried to raise
a mutiny. Measures have been taken
against them.
"Eastern sector: Czecho- -Slovaks
after occupying Tscheshardrinsk now
are retreating before a counter Of
fensfve of the councils troops.
"Our commander-fn-chief Of the
Uralo-Siberian front Birzin, reports
ed by Russian officers. have commit
ted many atrocities upon the per-
sonnel of the west Siberian railway"
Czecho-Slovak Control.
Virtually all Of western Siberia is
in control Of the Czecho-Slovaks, ac-
cording to Reuter- dispatch from
Peking. dated July 10. The dispatch
states that the bolsheviki have been
Tobolsk east of the Urals to Semi
palatinsk. $50 miles to the southeast.
near the Chinese frontier. The
Transsiberian railway is under
Czecho- -Slovak control from Tchelia-
binsk. in the Ural mountains at the
junction of the branches of the road,
which lead to south and north Rus
STA. to Krasnoyarsk. 1900 miles to the
east.
The report confirms earlier dis
patches to the effect that the bolshe-
Wiki at Irkutsk have been defeated
by the Czecho-Slovaks.
Gen. Muravieff Suicide.
Gen. Muraviefr, commander of the
bolshevik' forces operating against
the Czecho-Slovaks, has committed
suicide, according to an official Rus
sian wireless dispatch received here.
The dispatch, which denounces Gen.
Muravieff as a traitor, reads:
He issued a false and treacherous
nr6 n nd -
rect an offensive against the soviet
government of Russia. He ordeyed
his men to advance against Moscow
and at the same time attacked the
town of Simbirsk. in the Volga
region. The soviet troops. however,
nnained faithful to the soviets' au-
thority. Finding the troops would not
follow him in betraying the revolu-
ton. Traitor Muravieff shot himself"
Gen. Muravieff. under the imperial
regime. was police inspector Of
Petrograd. with the rank of colonel.
Upon the outbreak of the revolution,
he Joined the bolsheviki and COM
manded the forces which defeated
Gen. Korniloff when the latter was
within fifteen miles Of Petrograd. He
continued in the service of the boil,
sheviki, whom he now is accused OF
betraying.
Peace With Finland.
The bolshevik government of Rus
sia has agreed to enter into peace
negotiations with Finland. which had
expressed, through the German gov
ernment, a desire to arrange a peace
treaty with Russia.
The bolshevik government made
proposals to the Finnish government
for a negotiation lopking to the set