Bolshevik Plot Said to Threaten Russia From Moscow
A Rus wireless message from London reports Moscow and Petrograd under siege with wholesale arrests and press measures. It says Czecho Slovak troops seized key rail junctions while Soviet authorities call worker and peasant classes to action and crackdown counter revolutionaries amid famine fears and efforts to hoard flour stocks.
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London
Associated Press
Moscow
Petroof
Russia
Petrograd
Kuban and
Don
Bolshevik Foreign Minister denounces Krasnoff and Don Cossack ruler
Moscow dispatch reports Bolshevik Foreign Minister denouncing General Krasnoff who proclaims himself dictator of the Don Cossack district. Krasnoff claims Don authority voids Provisional Government laws and seeks foreign help, while aligning with Ukraine’s Skoropadski to restore order with Austria-Hungary. The Don regime declares itself a distinct sovereign state at war with Russia but allied with Ukraine.
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Moscow
British Admiralty
Tchitcherin
Wireless Press
Adolph Joffe
Russlan Asador
Germany
Krasnoff
Kerensky
Don Cossack
M. Tehitcherin
Ukraine
Skoropadski
Cseks
Kraser Newspanoff
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Don
Red Guards
Pblic
Big Strike in Warsaw Ties Up City Services
A large Warsaw strike by municipal employees spreads from the Food Department after wage demands are refused. Public kitchens shut as Post Office workers and park staff join the stoppage, per dispatch to the Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger.
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Amsterdam
Warsaw
Lokal-Anzeiger
Berlin
Food Department
Germans Rule Finland and Russia Propose Territorial Deals
An June 2 report from Stockholm states Finland loses import autonomy as German officials approve all imports and Deutsche Bank opens a Helsingfors branch to control finance. Moscow reports a foreign note proposing Finland cede Raivola and Ino to Russia and cede Murmansk’s western part, while Russia gains a sea outlet.
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Stockholm
Finland
Moscow
Citcherin,ved Wireless Press
Russia
Raivola
Vibors
Murmansk
German wedge at the Marne reshapes French lines
The German strike south of the Aisne advances toward the Marne, forcing a rapid French retreat and prompting strategic reshaping. The wedge aims to link Champagne and Marne fronts while Rheims resists. Crown Prince leads gains between Soissons and Marne as French counterattacks intensify and reserve movements constrain German momentum.
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Marne
Vesle
Picardy
Rheims
Lne
Champagne
de la Pompelle
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Rheima
Ville-en-Tardenois
Olee
Soisson
Noyon
Soiissons
Soissons
Oureq
Troesnes
Foch
Amiens
Woman Describes Ruin of Russia and Hope for Escape
A Russian diplomat’s daughter in America preserves a desperate letter describing abolishment of courts police and property, the rise of a violent red guard, famine in Petrograd, and widespread chaos. She pleads for safe passage to the United States for herself and her child, fearing starvation and oppression under the new regime.
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Washington
Russia
Red Guard
Army
Navy
Petrograd
America
Population Decline Across Europe Amid World War I
A June dispatch notes rapid population declines in Germany Austria and Hungary due to war deaths and food shortages. Entente nations show small losses while Britain maintains near prewar levels and the United States remains unaffected. Projections suggest continued declines for Central Powers while Allied populations hold steadier.
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London
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
Entente
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Great Britain
United States
German Empire
Reports America Will Feed Russians
It is understood the United States Government is studying extending economic aid to Russia. The plan would buy and assemble food in Siberia and distribute it in European Russia, and also purchase food in Japan for Russian distribution.
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Tokio
Siberia
Japan
United States
Russie
European
Russia
Allies Standing Firm Against German Offensive
The report describes Allied forces, led by British and French divisions, holding the line from Craonne to Soissons and Bemertcourt. Despite heavy German pressure and gas bombardments, the Allies retreat was orderly, with counter attacks and reinforced positions along the Aisne and Vesle rivers, as they defend toward Paris.
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Aisne
Guyencourt
50Th
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Louveigne
Coulonges
Lagesy
Soissons
Forst
Villis Cotterets
Oureq
Neuilly St
Paris
Russian Chaos Seen From Ignorance Says Speaker
F A Gaylord, just returned from Petrograd, argued that Russia's present chaos stems from four factors lack of education political ignorance extreme socialist propaganda and German influence He traced the 1814 revolutionary party to defend life liberty and the pursuit of happiness noting the 117 revolution succeeded when soldiers refused to fire on protesters He contrasted Bolsheviks with Russian public sentiment and described his Lighthouse association in Petrograd with 3500 members guiding youth through civic work.
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F. A. Gaylor
West End
Petrograd
Russia
Lenine
America
Gaylord
The
Lighthouse
Ex Czar Traveled Four Weeks in Snow
Special cable from Berne reports a Soviet peace delegation source detailing the transfer of the ex Czar from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg. A planned escape was thwarted by a bribe attempt. $20,000 in gold and notes were seized. The journey was four exhausting weeks through snowbound roads. The entourage included the ex czar, his wife, and one daughter, with a reduced staff and strict isolation at Ekaterinburg under local Soviet supervision.
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New York Times Company
New York Times Corre
Berne
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Ukraine
Tobalsk
Siberia
Ekaterinburty
Urals
Hermogen
Saratov
Prince Dolgorovky
Nicholas
Tobolak
Havin
Aredge
Cazar
E x- ‘Gaarina
Crarevitch
Nis Adaters
Ekaterinburg
Zeebrugge Gun Works Wrecked by Airmen
Amsterdam June 2 British aerial attacks on Zeebrugge May 20 partially destroyed the De Jaegher works used to repair guns and sort ammunition. Many soldiers and a few civilians killed in raids. repairs of Zeebrugge sluices delayed and still out of commission.
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Zeebrugge
de Jaegher
Zeebruege
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