Evening star., 1921-03-09
IS HELD
f. BY REvOLUT!ON|STS
Machine Gun Battles Fought
in Streets as Forts Bom-
bard City.
BY the Associated Press.

-! VI" Associated preSs.
COPENHAGEN. March e.-Petro-
grad is reported TO be in the hands of
revolutionary forces, which for sew
eral days have been fighting against
Russian bolshevik troops near that
city, says special dispatch from
Helsingfors received here this morn
ing
The revolutionary forces were vic
torious, the dispatch declare after a
terrific bombardment of Petrograd
from kronstadt, krasnoya Gorko and
Systerbak, which was followed BY
machine gun baties in the streets OF
the ctty.
An infantry assault by the soviet
troops upon Kronstadt is reported to
have been repuised with enormous
losses to tie attacking forces.
Thousands of fugitives from Petro-
grad are c.amoring for entry into
Finland. th- Finnish advices state.
Trotsky and Zinovien Hide.
LONDON. March 9.-Another YER
sion of the situation in Petrograd is
given in a Central News dispatch
from Heisingfcrs. dated today. This
says that lighting is continuing in
the streets OF Petrograd and that War
Minister Trotsky and NJ Zinovieff, the
soviet governor of Petrograd, were
reported to have taken refuge in the
fortress of st. Peter and st. Paul,
surrounded by a large number of pro-
tectiVe troops.
All attempts by the revolutionaries
to capture this fortress, the message
says, were repuised.
dispatch to the London Times
from Abo, Finland, says that Rus
sian red troops, have been sent tc
the hinnlsh frontier as precaution
against assistance by Finnish white
forces reaching kronstadt. 1t is
stated in Abo. the dispatch adds. that
no such assistance from Finland is
contemplated.
Panic Among Red Troops
Eight ships of the Baltic fleet par
ticipated in the bombardment of Pet
rograd. says a Riga dispatch to the
London Times. y panic ensued among
the red troops and communists The
whole garrison at Oranienbaum con-
sistlnS OF hve regiments, deserted to
the revolutionaries after shooting all
fe2lment2l commiSSarS and commun-
lists. and also captured two ice-break-
erS between Petrograd and kronstadt
The bolshevists have sent agitators
TO kronstadt with gold to try to
check the revolt.
Workers in soviet Russia are unani-
mouSiy indignant over the reyolu-
tionary uprising at Kronstadt and
are begging to be allowed to fight
against the forces engaged with soviet
troops there. says a wireless dispatch
from Moscow. 1t is said in the dis
patch that friction is beginning to
be noticeable among the mutineers"
The tenth congress of the Russian
communist party opened at Moscow
yesterday under difficult circum-
stances, the message states
See Countless Enemies.
The republic is surrounded by an
endless number of enemies" it contin-
ues. THE short breathing space given
Russia has been interrupted bv new
entente intrigues. The tasks confront
ing the republic must be carried
through at time when she is strug-
giinS against counter revolutionaries."
A wireless message from Moscow
today says the food and fuel situation
in kronstadt is hopeless, and that dis
solution among the insurgents is in
crea sing hourly
The conflict between the rebels and
those desiring to negotiate with Fin
land for assistance is becoming more
acute. the message asserts, and de-
serters from the insurgents state the
latter have not the least hope of being
able to offer resistance
The leaders of the rebels are taking
the SeVereSt measures TO prevent the
sailors deserting to the soviet army
from kronstadt, according to the mes
sage.
Throw or Russian Yoke.
WARSAW. March 9.-The white
have proclaimed their in
dependence from Russia, according to
a Minsk report received here today.
The RuthenianS meant probably are
those inha biting what is known as
white Russia. comprising the south
western Russian provinces, centering
upon Minsk.