The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-07
PETROGRAD IS
!: THREATENED BY
! RUSSIAN ARMY

:. PARIS Monday May 5-Ny TIL" AS
.Aociated Prcss>-SpccialistS on kusSE'n
Subjects attached to various allied d"''
xations at the peace conference" fNpcct"u
decided changes in the Russian Si!M;l-
lion within tho next few weeks. ~
Finnish military m"v",a.sa a9 ,,,,% With
has been shrcuded with mystery IS no"
well defined. General lnentfrh ana lou,
thousand Russians operating WIN NIX"
have the support OF the FINNISH govern
mont and troops and HAY" recruited
large numbers Of Russian peasants M"
have become tired of iSniSneFtK r'Hiui,
zion General Cdcnitch mas " ",1isnc"
Pole. east Of Lake 1.adog;t. ana tnuS
controls the southern end OF tns N";s
railway. The escape OF IN. l"t 81 VIZ ,M
Operating against allied forces IN tnr
Kola peninsula has been matte lnrpoSSi-
BILE and communication between ,n"
MOSCOW government and tn" bur,iHn
coast has been cut: ond d Fh ,nI leaders af Of
the Finnish TROOPS there tn rsS'oenCs -
Karelia district are apparently prfp>ts
Sng to launch noTcnea' ITO rprS' wSo,,Id
give FINLAND the kola railway a''o
northern outlet TO the -Nrctic. for
J The Russian committee "o5 NJ 49,
TavnrsbIe to such a step and is trying
10 break. r,.,,t. now
ers are encouraging the oT IN, r,I,raT 50
tS$jo,,slx that the BolsheriI ar" SEacu-
ating the city. II Cdenltch Shnul4 ~,
CUpy Petrograd the rryictualap,s "a thr
S:sr nv the allies would be easy 1!lu ~.
S$Ina rent abandonment OF thr NauScu
SSan Of reyictualling fctroSrau LIN ~
NEUTRAL auspices is regarded as ~ t 81
cation that the entente fNpet'S r I,
Shevih soon to pc 1orS'" W
70 k5SniraI Kolchaks Siberian army con
tinnes its movement ~ess%aro c,t tSwar ~
Voira and it is expected tne coieT III
49, and Samara will fall INTO thcH
>ssn5s coon. The BolShevik IorceS u'.s
tre apparently incapable OF cnec HI,s t -,
rSsriy well organized advance from ~
go WIN Kolchak threat e11lnS the Eai-
~ Of the Eolga and Cdenltch rnsnIhc'of
3strosrad: with kter IN inc ol.
nati-Bolshevik troops ana W., "a nidly
$nn.ard rho line of communicatioh "
$ween Moscow and Archangel. the ~ %
Eheyik military situatlon See'ie
y 3isreTa riding the recomntendattons- or
nS Zinoyief, governor of t'etrosEa1. IN
Ej.i I,cnire, the Russian BoiSorElA ~
Snier recently has nrrn reit go in an
N,aIly all political prisoners tnern ~, IS IS
ofrorf to show that the EoNeFnl.etTtt ~
Secoming more tolerant. one re :,Sa9;s ~
ibis step, it is believed by spso No
%ere may be to produce a leader Nv
&;it Ultimately organize the opposition
VI the present regime. .,, 1,L.at
q Desnatches received here IRON iNa'
arinodar state that General P iSsm.d a
IND his high commas, HsST for S tho in
nrnation Of the entente powers. IhTS
x ,sey their purpose is TO ovcr!hrHw, B"i,
sheviki anarchy and the" w SSnplcs "I as
San,Sr on the basis OF universal sur
- They favor the dccrnsrali 5a, 2I1s. Of
Power regional autonomy ana ,nS,
SSt hI,a0""T They also guarantN" full r.
firious and civil liberty. fav"r tHr ,,, I,itS
sage Of labor laws protHctinE ,h' md
~ classes against cNpi"i'a',"n ~"
vtete their desire for tho ininrolhi' 'h
actment Of land reforms 70 sa,,s'! ''''
Woods Of the lahprnS popuiafon'