The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-10

Recent rumors that the soviet govern ment troops have evacuated Petrograd are unconfirmed There was a general belief in Petrograd during January that the allies were about to occupy the city. It was even stated that the entente powers had issued proclamation to that effect, and many persons claimed to be able to cite quotations from the document. Bolshevist chiefs have been so alarmed that a train load of sup plies was recently turned. back while on the road from Moscow to Petrograd, in the belief that the allies were in the latter city. a
 CUTS OUT FLASHY TOGS
 IT otzky is reported to have changed from his flashy clothes and red neckties to uniform He is said to be riding
 here and there on the train formerly at the disposal of the Emperor and to be
 uFing the former imperial automobile.
 One evidence that the long expected
 abandonment of Petrograd may be under
 way is the removal to Moscow of the Few pictures remaining at the Hermita ge 1 The galleries which have always been open to the public at the Hermitage have been closed. The building itself, is dis ! n,e Etled and is being occupied by work men.
 The deaths at Berlin of Dr. ,I4iebknech. and Rosa Luxemburg, the German Spar. tscan leaders, apparently made deer 1 impression on theI bolshevist. chieftainh | TT otzky ordered public mourning at Pet rograd and street car traffic was stopped but when officers tried to close the thea tres, the sailors. who seemed to do as ey please in Petrograd are reported | to have declared they were going tc dance and enjoy themselves as usual DEMONSTRATIONS ARE HELD | Great demonstrations were held before l the winter palace and the red flag was everywhere at halfmast. There were vio- 1 lent speeches in which Phlipp Scheide.
 mann, member of the Ebert cabinet in Berlin. was bitterly attacked. His effigy made of cotton wool. was solemnly
 har ged and burned. The ''nardovni dom. 1 or peoples house. was rechristened i '1 he House of Rosa and Liebknecht." l There was also organized mourning demonstration at Moscow. it being said 1 that it was for "the oppressed nations. " 1 An eng those who participated were a 1 few Chinese cooles and some BenEalese ! who were wrapped in furs alleged tc have heen confiscated by the bolshev,sts ! One speaker said:
 1 we bolsheyists are the legendary T, :, t9ns who will break from our shoulders
 all the chains of the world
 ! It is said that Feodor Chaliapine, a I favorite opera singer during the later 1 dr ys of the imperial regime. is singing at the opera at Moscow at an enormoui sallry Reports have been received tha, 1 exc cutions are. being hurried so that jail
 CTS may have. a holiday during celebra- tions. there beIng an average of from | six to eight persons put to death each i day at Petrosrad' and Moscow.
 1 Arrivals from PetroFrad are now very rare. One lad came to the Polish iron tier recently and said he had traveled in l sleeping car. the curtains of which
 hat been cut, the windows broken anI tthe walls plastered with bolshevist pla-
 cards. In his compartment was a wom- ar, who journeyed nearly 300 miles te
 buy some sugar near the frontier The
 car was so crowded, he said. that men
 slept in the baggage racks which wers roc my and strong. ts ss s