New-York tribune., 1919-10-16
% Iron Ring Is
Closing In
On Bolsheviki
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along the front, in which some six
thousand prisoners and number of
guns were captured, and in one in
stance an entire division was broken
up. North of Pavlovsk, on the Don; at
Cst Medvleditzkaye, on the Lower Don.
were thrown back. and in some in
stances fed in confusion, leaving guns
and munitions behind them.
The reported advance of General
iudenichs northwestern Russian army
places it within twenty miles of Cat
china, which is only thirty miles south
west of Petrograd. The Stockholm
dispatch which announced this success
says the Red army is making use of
officers and men, when captured, ex-
press great satisfaction. Announce
ment is made that / $50 prisoners, nine
guns, an armored train named
"Lenine," eighty railway cars and sew
eral armored automo obiles have been
taken in the recent advance.
Three Chiefs in Harmony
II official quarters in London it is
working in close understanding with
Admiral Kolchak head of the all-Rus-
sian government, and General Deni-
kline in q combined effort against the
BelshoviS aralies in Siberia, southern
Russia and on the northwestern front
General Yudenich's troops are fully
equipped now by the Allies, with whom
the general is in constant communica-
tion.
The confidence of the heads of the
North Russian government in the sue
cess of these joint undertakings
against the Reds is emphasized by the
negotiations which they have opened
with the Finnish government The
Helsingfors dispatch which announces
this fact says that NJ. Margules, the
Minister of Commerce of the North
Russian government, has arrived in
that city to seek export transportation
needed for Petrograd, the population
of which, according to the minister
has requested the temporary suspen-
sion of Finland's export duties.
An official communication from Arch
angel, on the northern Russian front,
asserts the Russians are pursuing the
Bolsheviki in the direction of Omega
1t says they have occupied the enemy's
fortified positions along the railroad,
captured guns and prisoners, destroyed
an armored train and repulsed the
enemy in the direction of Kotohmas
The Russians, it is declared, continue
to advance.
In obtaining verifcaton of the move
by the peace conference to enforce
blockade Of Soviet Russia it was
learned by Reuters that the Supreme
Council last Thursday sent note to
Germany and neutral powers inviting
them to cooperate in the blockade, but
it was decided not to publish the note
until replies had been received The
German Commission on Foreign Af-
fairs met yesterday to consider the
note.
Fall of Kovno Reported
The only news received here since
the reported inauguration Of new
offensive of the Poles against the Ger
man Russian troops in the Baltic re-
gion is contained in dispatch from
Stockholm. in which the fall of Kovno,
sixtyfour miles northwest Of Wilma,
near the Courland border, is announced
Meagre and conflicting reports of the
battle which still RACES in the city of
Riga between Lettonlans and Lithuani-
ans and the German-Russian army were
received here to-day telling of great
damage done to the city and the kill
ing OF many civilians. One uncon-
tirmed report is that British force
has landed in or near the city follow
ing an incident in which British war
Russian forces Blockade measures evil
IDENTIFY are being rigidly enforced in the
Baltic.
According to Mtau dispatch to
Berlin newspapers the German Russian
forces on Tuesday occupied Duna-
munde, the port at the mouth of the
Duna on the south side of the river,
and Boldera, just to the south of
Dunamunde.
German Officials Ousted
Another report received in Berlin
says the Western Russian Central
Council has ousted the German author
tiles at Mitau, replacing them by a
regime headed by Russian governor
general named Scheidemann and that
q state of siege has been declared in
the city. Cooperation between General
Won Eberhhrdt and the Lithuanian gov
ernment is said to be in progress.
Dispatches from Stockh olm quote
members Of the crews of two Swedish
motor ships, which recently left Riga,
regarding the fighting which has taken