Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-10-31
Reds Put Immense Number
Of Troops Against Russian
Leader Fighting Them, Who
Is Now on Way to Moscow.
FINN DIET DECIDING
ON ENTERING THE FRAY
Lenine's Forces Occupy Series
Of Villages Around Gatchina
and Capture Number Of
Points on Both Sides of Luga.

Helingsfors, Oct. 30-A report
from Russian sources received here
says General Denikine has recap
tured Orel from the bolsheviki and
is advancing toward Moscow.
The bolsheviki nave put an i'm
mense number of troops against
General Denkine and are trying by
pressure on both sides of the Oral
salient to pinch this off and thereby
relieve the threat against Moscow,
according to official information.
Denikine's advance continues, but
it is pointed out that break in the
weather must be expected at an
early date and he still has a long
way to go to reach Moscow.
\ Extraordinary pressure is being
brought to bear to induce Finland to
join in the attack of the anti-bolshe-
vik forces on Petrograd.
c. G. Lianozow, head of the gov
ernment of northwest Russia. has
arrived in Helsingfors from Reval
on British torpedo boat destroyer
to enter into direct negotiations for
Finnish Intervention. M. Vennola,
prime minister of Finland, admitted
to the correspondent today that ne
gotiations were in progress, but said
he had not received official pro-
posals. L
Firms May Intervene.
M. Vennola declared that Finland
might intervene, provided her rights
and those of the Finnish tribes in
Karelia to self-determination, as de-
fined by President Wilson, are rec
ognized by Russia, which also must
carry out a promise made in 1884 to
give Petchenga to Finland, the en-
tente to guarantee the stipulation
and to bear the cost of the fighting.
"The Finnish diet must decide the
question:" M. Vennola continued.
"but if entente guarantees are OBJ
tained the Finnish people will be
willing to intervene"
The Finnish army now aggregates
$4,000 men, of whom $4,000 are sta
toned on the Russian frontier. Vol.
unteer white guards maintained by
business interests number 1000 aud
a majority of these men would be
available.
The American torpedo boat de-
stroyer Maddox arrived at Viborg
Thursday. 1t will remain there 20
escort barges containing American
food to Petrograd.
Karelia, the population of which
comes, mainly from Finnish stock.
embraces the southeast corner of
Finland and part of the modern gov
ernments of Petrograd, Olonetz and
Reds Again Win.
London, Oct. 30.-A bolshevik
wireless communication received
here says:
"The red army, despite the strong
est resistance, has occupied a series
of villages around Gatchina and also
has advanced and captured num-
Der of points IA miles eastward and
16 miles southwark of Luga, and at
the same time is conducting sue
cessful attack southeast of Gdov."
The Russo-German troops under
Colonel Bermondt are reported to
be concentrating for an attack on
Riga, while German detachments are
proceeding from Memel and Shawl
toward Libau.
The advices state that the present
attack against Letvia is a German
effort, into which the Germans are
throwing every available reserve.
There are $4,000 German troops in
Courland and the number is increas-
ing daily.
A wireless dispatch received from
Moscow reports that General Yude-
mitch has been compelled to evacuate
Gatchina, owing to the fact that the
bolsheviki are menacing his line of
communication.