Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 12.
A large crowd thronged the Rio docks and cheered warmly when the British cruiser Ajax, ying the fag] of Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Victor over. the German" pocket: battleship Graf Spee, entered larbour yesterday for the frst time since the Mobbed by newspapermen, Sir! ist are rapidly increasing in Russia es a. result of the military situation fon the Finnish front, according to Ynformation reaching the newspaper "Stockholms Tidaingen."—No_ lees than 40. high officials of the Commistariat of Aviation were suspended, While the authorities in Moscow are seeking the reason for the deplorable state of the military situation on the Finnish front and the low morale of the Soviet troops 'After the Russian defeat in_Suomosalm, a large number of Soviet riseners declined to return to Ruse Sia, Soviet Commissars are being assassinated by' revolting Soviet
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