El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-28
BOLSHEVISTS
ON OFFENSIVE
Russians Start Drive On
Thin Line of Allied
Troops.

order. leaving 20 men dead in the
snGyv. cut down by the allied ma
chine gun fire.

/ order. leaving 20 men dead in the
I snGyv. cut down by the allied ma
chine gun fire.
on the right Of the village. an
enemy column was spotted by the
/ American artillery and retreated IN
der a rain of shells
on the Dvina river, no infantry
attacks had developed although the
I enemy artillery continued a heavy
l bonn bardment at Tulgas- On the
{ Nologda railroad. the enemys ar
mored train continued to shell the
allied positions and recently his
patrols. moving over frozen trails in
the swamps. which were impossible
/ in the summer. have attempted bomb
I ing raids against American OutpOsts-
Lenine Orders Massacre
J Stockholm. Sweden. Jan 2S.-Pre-
mier Lenine. according TO a report
: from Reval, has ordered the Bolshevik
! troops TO retake the town OF Narva
I from the EsthOnians within a week.
! to sack the town and to kill all the
! bourgeOisie- Lenine is reported to be
staying in the town Of hamburg. east
/ OF Narva.
JapS and BoIsheviki Clash.
+ Vladivostok. Siberia. Jan. 2s.-(By
/ the Associated Press .-Japauese
I troops at Mazonova. on the Zeya
I river, north Of BlagOvestchusk, have
| clashed with Bolshevist forces num-
D
: ports received here. The japanese
/ lost two killed and II wounded j. the
Z encounter.
Russian police agents had arrested
3 several BOlsheyists and taken them TO
/ MaZonova, but the people OF tlat viii
/ lage. who are said to be pro -Bolsbev-
I list, are reported TO have attempted to
I rescue the prisoners
japanese forces joined in che fight
/ ing. which lasted several hours Sew
! enteen COssacls are reported 70 have
I been captured by The BOishevists and
I two Japanese We're drowned while
I trying to swim across the Zeya river.
Raid Red Rendezvous
hrasnoyarsk. Central Siberia, Jan
/ 2S.-(By the Associated Press ALLIED
! Bolshevist rendezvous here and have
/ arrested the leaders. Important dccu-
/ ments were seized
Huns Halt Soviet Force
! Berlin. Germany, jan 2s.-FOrceS
marching in Lihau. on the Baltic coast,
Z Of COurland. have been halted by
! German volunteer forces. which,
4 though greatly outnumbered. forced
! the soviet army back across the VIM
8 dau river. according TO special dis
patch to the Zeitung AmittaE- 1t IS
I said the Bolshevists suffered heavy
I losses
In the course Of their terrSriza-
ton OF EsthOnia. the BOiShcvists
! are reported to haze killed G0u
people in DOrpat and WcscnberE-
! The German commissioner in Ii
3 tijuana. who arrived here Monday.
/ states that KOvnO is not occupied by
: the Bolshevists. who are sill = miles
{ east Of that city. The line is being
I defended by German volunteers.
Death stalks In Perm.
Omsk. Central Siberia. Jan Is
! lBy the Associated Press Death
/ staIked with Bolshevism in the streets
I OF Perm until the city was captured
Z by Cen Gaida- according TO the Off
/ cial report OF an investigator who
| has just returned from the Ural front.
There are no children less than a
I year old in Perm. all having died.
( says the report, which ADDS that in
three months the whole population
/ would probably have persisted
The report states that the Boil
shevists regarded all bOurseOise
Of the city outside the law.
I When the jail was OVercrowded.
the inmates who had been fmpris-
Oned the longest were shot to
] make room for the newcomers.
There were well authenticated
cases Of torture. according 10 the
report.
The trans-Siberian railroad is losing
I 100000 rubles a month. according
+. 10 Ivan Mikhailoff. minister Of finance
I Of the all-Russian government here.
4 in discussing the governments pro-
Il gram for financial rehabilitation
\ with the Associated Press
/ N. 1iikhailOff. who is but % years
I OF age. strongly supported the gov
/ ernments decision to accept the lied
/ proposal for the management Of the
/ tranS-Siberian railway He pointed
! out that the reorganization Of the
! railroad would be achieved by in
/ creasing custom receipts. He said
| that Russia would furnish money to
meet the running expenses OF the
I work, but the plans of reorganization
/ viii entail the purchase abroad of
I large amount of material To make
{ payments on such purchases. he said.
I would require loan from allied ma
I tons
NJ 8Iikhailoff declared that the Boil
/ shevists had carried off several mil
I lion rubles from Siberian banks, but
/ added that the present government
I has 250.000.00o rubles in bank notes
I and 100000 rubles in gold and
( specie as a basis for national recon
/ struction- He said that the monthly
{ expenditures jumped from 5000. 900
I rubles in August TO 40G.000.00O in De
{ cember. The budget for 1919 calls for
[ 6OO,0Oo.O0o monthly He said that
Z lOO,00O.0OO rubles would be appropri-
I ated for railroad work
Refuting the statement that peas
I ants are not paying taxes on their
3 land. he showed that receipts from
( this source had mounted from $4,000
I rubles in July to 100000 in Deem
I Der.
I These increases" he said. are an
: indication Of the regeneration OF Rus
/ STA and Of the peoples confidence in
I the stability Of the government"