TROUBLED RUSSIA.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19459, 5 November 1928, Page 11

TROUBLED RUSSIA.

GRAIN SHORTAGE.

ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES.

(UWITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY MKCMOTILBORAPH—COPTBIaHT.)

(Received November 4th, 5.5 p.m.)

LONDON, November 3

The "Daily Mail's Moscow correspondent states that daily there are fights between Soviet Grain Commissars endeavouring to obtain supplies, necessitating special police separating them. Grain previously sold to official buyers was snatched forcibly by different officials, and grain was taken from the peasants who had already sold it to the Government. The "Pravda" advocates a revival of terrorism to secure grain if peasants refuse to sell.

Between August 15th and September 15th 44 peasants were fatally shot and 3 officials went missing.—Australian Press Association.

SERIOUS METAL FAMINE.

(Received November 4th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 3. The Riga correspondent of "The Times" states •• that the Soviet's supreme Economic Council has appealed to all Soviet organisations and private persons to use greater efforts to collect old iron. A public > announcement declares that the seriousness of the metal famine has not been realised. The production of Soviet blast furnaces is over 20 per oe.nt. below pre-war. It states that 900,000 tons of iron must be gathered, of # whioh railways and shipping should yield one- f third. The railways nave been ordered to give it precedence to all other freights.—"The. Times" Cables.