SOVIET RULE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 87, 14 April 1931, Page 7

SOVIET RULE.

FAMILIES DEPORTED. Hundreds Sent to Unknown Destinations. FATE OF INGRIANS. (United P.A„—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, April 13. , "The Times" Helsingfors correspondent states that the Soviet is reported to have arrested 1000 Ingrians on Easter Monday, transporting them to unknown destinations. Hundreds of families, including women and children, were similarly deported during the week. It is believed that the Soviet intends deporting every Ingrian suspected of not whole-heartedly supporting its collectivisation. The Ogpu (Secret Police) refused to allow deportees to say farewell to their friends assembled at the stations. It is understood that most of the unfortunates were sent to the Hiipina mines, while others went to Siberia.

REDS IN BRITAIN. Moscow Dissatisfied With Progress. REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT SLOW. LONDON, April 13. New orders have been issued by the Red International to the minority movement in Britain, which show that Moscow is still dissatisfied with the growth of the revolutionary spirit in Britain. The orders consist of five' precise instructions for wresting the leadership of the trade unions from the present holders, and emphasising the necessity for the minority movement to take the lead in all cases of workers' discontent, such as strikes against wage cuts and reductions in unemployment insurance. They add:—r"The struggle of the Indian masses is against the same enemy as the struggle of the British workers. Every movement of . the Chinqse Red army weakens the British bourgeois." ' The orders conclude by claiming that Russia is threatened with a war by the capitalist States, which is fraught with the greatest peril to the Workers.

FIVE YEARS' PLAN. RUSSIAN GRAIN TRADING. WINNIPEG, April 13. Sir Josiah Stamp, who is head of the Federal Royal Commission on Trading in Grain Futures, said he believed Russia's five years' plan was not a threat to the economic well-being of the world. Referring to the apprehension expressed lest America be forced to adopt a debased living standard, owing to the increasing low-priced Russian exports, Sir Josiah said: "I do not believe that the Russian experiment will hurt the rest of the world. However, there must be some change in the general commodity price level in America, unless the, world level gets back to its former ] footing." I

LLOYD GEORGE'S VISIT. STUDY OF SOVIET CONDITIONS. LONDON, April 13. Mr, Lloyd George contemplates paying a visit to Russia in September, to study the five years' plan.