The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-27
Petrograd
Now In Revolt

LONDON, May 24.-Great fres
and loud explosions have occurred
in and around Petrograd, according
to reports forwarded by the Daily
Mails correspondent at Helsingfors
under date of Thursday. 1t is believ-
ed that the bolsheviki, pressed by the
Esthonian advance, are destroying
the munitions in Petrograd.
Machine gun firing also has been
heard in Petrograd and it is reported
that the population has risen against
the bolsheviki.
Americans Aid Advance.
| ARCHANGEL May 23.-Ameri
can railroad troops are playing an
important part in the rapid advance
of the allied troops southwark along
the Muransk Railway. The bolshe.
wiki, as they move southwark, are de-
stroying bridges in an effort to hold
up the allies in the swampy terrain
The Americans, however, are work
ing hard putting the track into
shape again.
American motor launches have
been brought on flat cars from Muir
ansk and, it is expected will soon be
operating with other craft on Lake
Omega, which is connected by rivers
and canals with London Ladoga, the
largest in Europe; the Neva River anC
Petrograd.
The artillery continues active or
the Archangel front and there are oc
casional raids, but no serious fighting
Several hundred American infantry
men are still in the fighting line or
the Dvina and Vaga sectors. They
will soon be relieved. American en-
gineers, however, continue to work
on nearly all sectors.
Red Moral Disintegrating.
OMOSK, May 17.-Reports re
ceived by the general staff of the 81
berian army indicate disintegratior
of the morale of the bolsheviki. Mo
bilized worEingmen and peasants are
deserting ard even the bolshevil
commissaries are reported to be dis
heartened.
Siberian newspapers print resolu
tions adopted at recent meetings o.
peasants in the district of Somara
The peasants decided to expel thost
with bolshevik sympathies, to organi
re special peasant detachment t
flight the bolsheviki, arming all mel
between 18 and so.
The bolshevik organ Nash put ac
knQwledges that it is impossible t.
stop the Siberian offensive.
Reports of dissensions in the Dol
shevik ranks are contained in the boil
shevik newspaper Ufmetz. At Kal
louguino a fight arose between tw,
regiments of Hungarians. Bolshevil
commisaries disarmed the Russian
regiments. At Petrovsk there wa
a battle between the bolsheviki an,
newly recruited soldiers. The re
cruits won ad thereupon returned t.
their homes.
The Siberian troops are greetet
enthusiastically by the population
The railroad cars bear this inscrip
ton: eve are going to Moscow.
Russians Regaining Control
LONDON, May 23.-A grea
change has come over the situatio
in Russia through the success of tn
avrious antibolshevik forces there
Official and unofficial news of tn
last few days show that Petrograd
closely threatened by the advance
of the Firms and the Esthonians O
either side of the Gulf of Finland an
by that of Gen. Maynard in the re
gion of Lake Omega, while bolshevi
attacks on the Archangel front hav
ceased. In addition, the bolsheviE
apparently have been unable to chec
the advance of Admiral Kolchak'
forces west of the Urals.
The Daily Telegraph says that tn
British and allied policy of helpin
the Russian opponents of the bolsht
wiki to help themselves still remain
in force. 1t says that the situatio
today is that the movement led b
the Kolchak is in fair way to STAN
out bolshevism.
Admiral Kolchak, it is added,
being assisted by British non-combat
ant troops commanded by Col. job
Ward, laborite and socialist.