BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19735, 27 September 1929, Page 11

BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET.

RESULT OF CONFERENCE UNKNOWN. ENVOY'S STATEMENT CAUSES EMBARRASSMENT. (CJtITBD PRiaS A»»OCTATION- BT *LKCT*IC TZLBOJttrH—COrattOST.) LONDON, September 26. The diplomatic correapendent of the "Daily Telegraph," commenting on the absence of a communique regarding Anglo-Soviet negotiations, reveals that M. Dovgolevsky's statement caused serious embarrassment and some annoyanoe in Ministerial circles. He has been made aware of the difficulties created thereby and also oif the hope entertained by Ministerial quarters that he will henceforth conform more strictly to British ideas of diplomacy. In connexion with the Anglo-Soviet discussions, it is pointed out that there cunnot be any resumpton of relations till Parliament approves. Mr Henderson and M. DoYgaWsky were as silent as the Sphinx after to-day's conference. They merely announced that the meeting did not indicate when relations would be resumed. —Australian Press Association. SOVIET INDUSTRY. NO REAL PROGRESS. LONDON, September 23. The Biga correspondent of "The Times" states that at a conference of the Soviet's Supreme Economic Council, M. Sokolovsky, official spokesman, described the recent apparent progress in Soviet industrial production as pure swindling. The factories had merely responded to the Government's demands by sacrificing quality to quantity. He declared that 50 per cent, of the agricultural machinery produced in Bussia proved useless. The textile factories had increased cloth production b diminishing the width and weight of the material. The match factories had decreased the number of matches in each box by 25 per cent., and other industries had resorted to similar tricks. —"The Times" Cables. SUNDAY ABOLISHED. MOSCOW, September 85. A decree has been issued introducing the seven-day week. This means that operations will proceed continuously, including Sundays, each workman taking one day's rest every five days. Thus Sunday as a et'ie and family holidav disappears. The Commissar of Education announces that fifty-nine teachers have been murdered during the last nine months- He explains that they were invariably active Soviet propagandists and therefore were frequently victims of anti-Soviet elements.—Australian Press Association.