The Washington times., 1921-03-05
ANT|-REDSR|SE
AGA|NSTLEN|N
BoIsheviks Menaced at Many
Points as "Whites" Organize
Russian Revolt.

LONDON, March s.-Tks ssest
aaA8ersus eosnter ev~lstfosary
msve@est against the Rsssta.
soviet Gsvernmeat stsee tts cres-
ttss sssre than tkros yos~s ass Z.
ua1er way sad is sD~~sdiaS. se-
esrSfsg 20 advtoes received here to-
asy.
All railway trsa1e west Of Mos
cow has been suspended, said . dts-
patch 20 The Daily Express.
The Russo II ans~niss frontier hss
bees closed, owing 20 IN anti-Bsi-
ssevik uprising st ODESSA.
Wsrships have toiaoA the revolt
at PetrsGrad.
Gea. se@e.en with $4,000 a.tt-
BoIxkevik oess.eks II reported sd-
vasctAS throaAk siberta--
LONDON. March 5-The anti
bolshevik revolution In Russia Is re-
ported 10 be gaining In strength, ac-
cording to advices received by the
Daily Express from various sources
today.
TEARS DOWN RED FLAG.
The bolshevik diplomatic represen-
tatives at Reval and elsewhere In the
Baltic states were said to be deeply
distressed a. the trend OF events in
Russia
Boris. Litvnofr. head of the Rus
sian delega tion at Revar the chief
doorway through which Russia COM
municates with the outside world. has
asked for protection by the Esthon-
ian government, and the red flag has
been removed from the Russian lega-
ton.
The following radiogram was re-
ceived from Kronstadt. the chief fort
ress defending Petrograd on the sea
side:
Power has passed into the hands
Of temporary revolutionary COM
mittee headed by General KozIovsky,
whom both the fleet and garrison
are loyal A call has been issued to
all the whites In Russia to Join the
present movement"
According to advices from Riga, the
counter revolution Is pursuing lines
similar to those which resulted In the
overthrow OF the Romanofs.
Rebel workmen at Petrograd, as
sisted by soldiers and sailors and
battleships, have captured all of the
right bank of the Nevsky. as well as
all of the important railway stations.
Among the ships that went over to
he insurgents was the cruiser Petro-
povlosk.
REBELS NEARLY DEFEATED.
The rebels at Petrograd were near
ly defeated at one juncture. At the
critical moment Il number of Red
troops went over to them. however.
The Soviet commander called up re-
serves from Pskov, Luga. hamburg,
and other places and is massing them
On the outskirts Of Petrograd.
THE counter revolution Is completes
ly organized" said a Riga dispatch
to the Daily Express. "Reactionary
cries of down with the reds are
heard everywhere. The railway men
are leading the uprising. A feverish
state of affairs exists at Moscow, and
an attack Is being organized agains st
the Kremlin. the headquarters of the
Soviet. The Kremlin Is guarded by
a Communist international legion.
THE counter revolutionary move
ment is spreading to other towns. The
workmen, soldiers, and sailors have
struck a blow for political freedom
and for free individual trade instead
Of having ii controlled by the govern
ment The lighting broke out "n a big
scale when ,Lenine tried to suppress
an outbreak with naval cadets"
The Russian rebels at Petrograd
have served an ultimatum upon the
Soviet demanding the release of all
imprisoned insurgents" said an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Cop
enhagea this afternoon.