The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16
Anti-Bolshevik Uprisings in
Moscow Said to Have Been
Suppressed
MAY BE TEMPORARY,
STRIKES TO FOLLOW
Situation in Petrograd Remains
Obscure, According to Infor-
nation Reaching British Of
! ficial Circles in London

Nussia. information received i'm Brit
ish official circles today are believed
To give something OF true picture
of conditions there.
liz IN stated that the anti-Bolsheyik
risings I'm Moscow which were more
In the nature of trade unionist
strikes rather than military opera
tions have been liquidated and that
the Communists arc continuing their
rule. The belief is expressed, how
ever. that settlement OF the trouble
was by force rather than by an
amelioration OF the economic diff
hcultics and that strikes may be ex-
pected 10 occur at any time.
The situation in Petrograd remains
Obscure. official circles limiting DELI
nife statements to the fact that Kron-
wodt and several fortresscs on the
south shore of the Gulf of Finland.
are holding out against the Bolshc-
viki. The first information concern
ing. the exact nature of the Kron-
stadt revolt Is reported to have been
received In Finland i'm n newspaper
by the kronstadt revolutionists
In this paper IL is stated that no
attempts are being made TO reestab-
hsh anything approaching the Czarist
regime or even to overthrow the So
Wet system. but that the revolt is
against what Is termed the military
dictatorship of Lenin and Trotzky, by
which the people have been robbed Of
the benefits OF the Russian revolution.
This newspaper disclams the lead
ership OF General Kozlovski and
names NJ. Pctrichenko as the leading
member OF the revolutionists. IL de-
clares that the association by the
bolsheyiki OF the name Czarists and
such reformcrs as Alexander f.
kcrenslSy. with the revolutionists is
dodge on the part Of the Bolshevik
propagandists To obscure tho real
nature OF the kronstadt revolt and
make II appear to be the work of
foreigners and Czarists rather than OF
Russians themselves.
81 The presence of Kerensky i'm Lon
den which became known today after
ne had been reported to be in Kron-
sfadt leading the rcvolutionlsts is
considered I'm some quarters here az
indicating the truthfulness of the
I statement CT the newspaper.
The greatest Importance is being
attached here to Wednesdays offi-
cial Boishevik wireless dispatch ad-
nitting that communication between
1oscow and Siberia has been cut or
fortnight and indicating that
= -smouldering opposition OF the
qsants was becoming active. The
lief was expressed here today that
psent uprisings would he more
ngerous To the Bolshcvik regime
active military opposition from
Isolated fortress such as Krou-
whore, II immediate success
Dot attend. they would be starved.
no such success could bc hopcd
Bolshcvik move against the
population.
don. March 10 CBy the Asso-
Press J.-Nikokai Ienin. the
IN Soviet premier. speaking at
pcning OF the all Russian con-
pr the Bolshevik party in Mos
uesday with reference to the
events in Kronstadt. predict
the revolt i'm that city would
down quickly. says a wireless
from MOSCOW today.
rising. organized by France i'm
On with social revolutions
be crushed i'm few days"
ciared. Nevertheless, we
TO consider most seriously
bal situation of Soviet Rus
Ill the difficulties were
Nth the questions of de-
food and fuel. and
the fuel crisis was due
that the Bolshcviki had