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Show eva outon of petrograd Reported under way BOLS H EV i Kl ''"fl ! IIPE jer.eral Retreat Before the Armies of Kolchak in Siberia Begins; Den-ekine Den-ekine Also Victorious. Moscow Workers in Plebiscite Against Radical Rad-ical Government; Dis-patches Dis-patches Tell of Defeat. St York Times Cable Copyright.) . LONDON, Oct. 17. According to tin Daily Express Helsingfors cor- -t correspondent, Kronstadt has capitulated capit-ulated after bombardment by the : ' British fleet. The same correspondent says ' ! there is an unconfirmed rv.inor that j Yudcnitcli captured Petrograd "Wei- f nsd3y ulslit. J STOCKHOLM, Friday, Oct. 17 j iBy the Associated Press.) The 'I fortress of Kronstadt has capitu-' capitu-' i lated after a bombardment by a ; , British fleet, which, after the fort j had surrendered, entered the har-jlor, har-jlor, according to advices received here. HELSINGFORS, Oct. 16. The bolsheviki are evacuating Petro-8rad Petro-8rad because the troops are unwilling un-willing to fight, according to a message received here today. i COPENHAGEN, Oct. 16. According Ac-cording to a dispatch to the Eer- lingske Ticlendc, General Yude-f Yude-f Hitch, having captured Gatchina, now advancing ou Tsarkoe Selo, the former imperial residence, Kliich is only fifteen miles from P'trogTad. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 16. A i British-French squadron of more than twenty warships has arrived a Riga, according to a Lettish pri- We report received. '"NDON. Oct. 16. A general retreat r the Dolshevlltl hefore the armies of iralral Kolchak In western Siberia is jounced in a wireless message from Kolchak government at Omsk dated lioier i3i T'u ilispalch I'eads: Tj Boluhevik! are retreating along "hole line. They are tleporting tho f1'1 pupulation between the ages of 16 50 and are likewise removing the Jt?'" ) ' mi'fSiiRe announces the receipt of I 'l0(,s that the council of people's com- .' "lea hi Moscow had issued an order !"a'"i? Admiral Kolchak and his mln-V' mln-V' fs and the arrest of his agents and p "f the allies in Siberia. ORKERS DECLARE :6A1XST SOVIET. lt mcssaue also reijrts that a ISol-wlreh.5s ISol-wlreh.5s dispatch had been rc- i'u'd w'uich ndniitted that In a plelii- Pe hi Moscow the workmen had de- rfJ themselves against tile soviet and "'PlWlnK Admiral Kolchak. I ',. J"c,'ossr':Hy has the defense of Riga .-maintain.. j that the Lettish govern-0,,a,liers govern-0,,a,liers it safo to return to the ''.lording to latest offlchil advices. . - tunny still holds the outskirts of the k( the west hank of the IXma, but . '''ting has diminished to a desui- : r'e fire. . JUTARY RESERVOIR ft, ,IOST DRAINED. ks; a"d off'elal ailviees Indicate Osb'0 r''smolr of Bolshevist soldiers i Iil'aw" down close to the hot-lit hot-lit "UU ,;'-y are ""able to pro-Bu" pro-Bu" ''ient f01'ces to maintain a de-'aekn de-'aekn a" fro"ts- General Tudenitch's -LjjWi has already carried him ' , (t0taued oa Pago 2, Column 4.) sheviki Ru.-sia. The meat-urea are thus enunu-rat'-d : First Kef i-al of permlvlon to sail to everv j-hip bound for a Kuhsian B"!sh-viki B"!sh-viki port anri the closing of ail ports to ships fnm B-.l."hevlki P'Tt.s. S-c.'tid Similar r-KUlatior.a to be atlopted with regard ti a!l goods destined for Hufia bv any other route. Third Passports will be refused to n.l persons to or from H'ls.'K-vik. Kussla. f-niat'd i'xeptSons may be mady by agreement of tho allied and associated powers. fourth Measures will be taken to hln-th-r banks from grant. ns credit to com-rtvrcial com-rtvrcial undt-rtaWinKS In Bo.ahevikl llusia. I-j t h Kverv gov err. ment wl.l refuse its natloral.s any facilu.ta of intercourse with t"is:i.-v k: r.u:a. whether by post or wrvls titjraphy. Mav-bil Focn udutJ the following instructions: in-structions: "Inform the (rin.in K'rnrr.ent that the itri'ih uii't Fn-nch men o' war In the KU.f of Finland will cyMinue to j blockade Ho!.shev:kl p-rtj- and di.in fr-m t he monn-nt they cmo In :r ht hhips txiuiid t-T ItoNht-v.ki irta. The prt-ambl' to the r.' te dci.ire that tho open t nmlty of th- It-Ihe ik. ! directed di-rected atair ?t all K-nfri.nif ma nr.d that .pn rairs if lntcrnaTion.il rrvi'iuticr. ir-cuhitfd ir-cuhitfd by thn rnsf 1 1 ui a sr.tve danger dan-ger to th-- national ?" vi c Knt of a.l the , jiowrr.. I",-erv ir'.rrf.ivc In tne 'Mr.i''!!y I of t!i lln.she. ikl for ro-i'..t n.rc it.crcarj j th:s ilni'H'T, It In .tat-d. and tt uouid bf d'-vlrahlc that nil natlor.F v. -hire peje and thi- K'-tlAb jli!iif ni f po-u.4l nr(!r .iMiill unit- l"j;vt(irr to rt-:t lto .hev:ki (rov-run -nt ; For (his reason, tt 's further derl.irrd, I ' th" allU'd and jutiK-'nlrtl na ernn-.ent j nffT ralrtriir thf b!orkHd. of li rr m n n , i luivii ro(,j.-ri rernil,t-s:nn to th-ir ib;r -t5 , to n un'i- t'l nm.erv'l.tl :";.it:on w!"h Ho!- ! 'Mu-vikl P.usIa The Onnun Rf vt r:inient I j IS fqUfs'r'l t "t tk i',r:i',irt' til C'll 1 I fwrin.tv wth lhn.e t nurr.rat-d i I BOLSHEVIK! REGIME NEAR TP COLLAPSE (Continued From Page One.) to a point about twenty-fivo miles from I Pctrograd, has undoubtedly precipitated a crisis. An official communication from Arch-nnqel, Arch-nnqel, on ' the northern Hupslan front, claims that the Russians are pursuLng the Boishcvikl In the direction of Onega. It tiaya they have occupied the enemy's fortified positions ulong tho railroads, captured ffuns and priaoners, destroyed an armored train and repulsed the enemy In the direction of Kotohmas. The Rua-j'ang, Rua-j'ang, it is decjared, continue to advance. ad-vance. SOVIET ARMIES ARE NOW FACING MILITARY DEBACLE IvONDON. Oct. 1C Forced back by the onslaughts, of enemies on four rronts. the armies of the soviet uovh rnment t Russia Rus-sia appear to be f jci:r a period prey-iiuut prey-iiuut with dlva.ster. (J.-neral Ijt-r.ekine's C')s.a'ks frm the south. Polish forces from t'ie wen;, not tl; w siem Ru. an le-K'lons le-K'lons f)n the northwest anrl noriiiem Ru--nan t roups from the north have durine the last few d;.vs fur-d ahead until it jt-ms the pol-ht'.;k airni are between the upper and n-ther :i;;itone.-i. i'erroral is doomed to capture, in the opinion o! o M-rvcrs, ''.cneral 'vi'lenltch , bt-lrij; at ill! n'.na. only t a eniy-f r. e nui-s ; t-juth of the former kus.Un ' :ipH;il. In ' tr.e extreme north t :.m port .".-r:i Ruffian I nrmv has br- 'k--ii t:.e irjistance I the I !t(,'.-h.- ir.l. accord !:.-- t( reports, and Is i pursuit. c t.ie t-neni' toward t'in-a. a vll-i vll-i i-f a'oiit. pa.t mi.es wr. (.f Ari h-intp 1. Further to th.- so;th b.n for---d iti wav far Jovn alom; tiie JJvln.i river. IoIIpM . f-.ri t h,i'. '- a,:ur-I K"vnn, on the extreme ex-treme i. or '. h era c n i of their line. Drive Great Yedp;e. I 'ei;..k;n "s men ': ave .'riven a plant Wi Into t-entr.il Ku:a as far H nr I are thonk-h! to t on (J..-!r wa toward Tula, nn in-,portaiit rail -v.iv cent-r t i-.at I n c .li' dr--d tie K-y to Mo-ow. Fast r.f i t;:i frail Is Admiral K o.-l a I-: army, but j it U "-em;rii;ly too fir to enter Into; r f..ii.'iT.H Ion a n vital fa-tor In the lto- iit:. r. w:ii h is (!". lopint; in Rush. a : pr -p'-r. -len-rt! I .-:..-k i :. ar.d Vude. , nit : ai d A-lnmal Kol- ..nk are ?atd to 1 br operating in rlov i -r Hnaf ion I Wr of I " : i " r a 1 I r n e 1 1 n ' s army are f.j.-.rs. of Fkrair.lans who. w.ule Mippo-! to t . h ! t t . P. .-!. e. ;KI. have ,i--i-inrH war on !tn.-Uipe b -n:.".- of a le-.v" a t rncp.lp. Tpr-raled hv the lt p-r's n-h-i.i on t.t.-ir id.a:" toward M'lx.nw, !:.. r'm I'nv b.-.-n r-. '. I. !.OAe.-r. that part .f Fl-tra'ni'n ami'.- h.T 'oo.eii leT'klne. haVIT-K ' ern .i"'iro-l '.'..-' the lifer wi.I -.vri-nt i-ist- rn t.alaii and t:ie ro;n of i 'l,i im ft "in I "o I a ml Ad'-ice from 1 1 ' i i fla'C tM' rn;r.riel A .iiof .'- I'.e: n-oi-al: . whowe nn-lden a r ta- Ic on HUM In w k c.v!"-. a f'n sat dns Uf :r- I ) e pev:an I),e . a m nai u n on;-.- for i In' nrp'iv- of in mi; be b'.im n wr fri.nl atalnil Mos- ow. Fiphtin at Kin. Tin'" tf't't ! betw.-cn the nrr'nrn he!d h- ;:.! il Vud'-nit'-h nn-1 the l'oit-)i ;trrnv. So fnr t m known, f'hllni: n still In protri in II k-i, hut t he en -t jti um -tlon t h.-re Is not known i o-rui.'i no- It n. i tr. ops under coMiinand of f'o .m.l Avuloff-R''rrnon-l t. hnm-vrr. erm to hs ve en jped Kround north rf Kina. huvliik' (ap:ure. (h,. tow n of I ejnamiini., a .Tin d i i: i; to report. ThN m-'t -f. I nic's m w papi-T h ronspv-i-outlv fe.itore report i of nueeeHrs be (Jon-rrah' (Jon-rrah' Y'wlenlt-h mil pepekine and t!ie preHUin. d linpeivllnir Co.iupvr of (he nnv;Pt H ) e:umen' of H-i-la. l-l-lliorial rornment. while r"''jilli!i fr.-pient pat predictions r.f tli--- fall of liolhovt.- in widt h did not rna t "r U . i7.e. think t lie pr nent pnm t Ion It more rnenaclni; for tlie so let ko ernnierit tlinn it lias h.'i-n at any previous (Irpn. fonfideu e In fin. in. -lit e(ah',H In (lie eoinlny d'-f'-at of l'o! dte,l Mil wa .nliown bv til" Htfeiith of H'viir; t es m the f.ork v clia nn' vrfi'-i'luv, ma p v tulva rndnic rharply witli an etle demaii'l. STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED THROUGH ALL OF LITHUANIA mVKSUr,KS. Oet. 1-1. - I.ellKh forces tin v e fouv.lil 1 h' il' w a e an nn Hie Puna river n I It and opera t inns them a in pow developing favorably. HiTnnlmi; to a (ll.MpiHch re. eiviwl Horn Mbau laid n!i;hl by th" l-ettbi'.i pre-t.i buirau lieie. ', Hint.- of fh-T.e baj b-eu .lechired IhrouKhout all Pllhnania nml the mobili-y.:iloti mobili-y.:iloti of three elasset. ol' fioldlers ban been oideied. II K aniioiinced In a l.dei;iain received re-ceived here from Kovnn. Knsiail tronpM under i-ntiiiMiiHil of Colonel VlerknlUch )unt been i o n ee n t nt t e, In 1 . 1 1 li i in n n and. wllh the help oT ( In tin HH, luivr nccppled lelrcniph llllil telephnilO HlalloiiM mid coil-Vm coil-Vm ted M'linnls Into ba l nicks. he I ,lt linn iiia n fla k has rverv whnrn been replaced by 'lie R uwsia n rnhn-H. 1 'olonrl VlerkulUeh li.'H b fnied a pn.cIt-niii pn.cIt-niii Hon say It ik Unit If II m 1 ,1 1 hua nla u; vnlnnbiiily lennlte wlih old RummIh self-irrtveriwneiil self-irrtveriwneiil will be H I vmi I .H hua nla under un-der H i ism I a il et et;nt y. Tlin prncla ma -t Ion sn m thai, on I ho ot her hand, If the ,11 hua nhins reslal Ihn RunaljinH I hey will b(l "reyarded lialloifi." TEXT OF ALLIED NOTE CONCERNING RUSSIA BLOCKADE l.nMii'N'. nil HI "lv 11"' A":ni-liil.'.l itip.1.) 'nn. ii-i i.r Hip ii. .ii- "f Um nii - lu.'i.ip ni 1 1 in 1 1 ImllliiK ( 1 .' ni i ;i 1 1 y tit inr-11,'lpnln inr-11,'lpnln III Ihn l.l.i.'lin.l.' 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