OFFICIALS AND PEASANTS.
FIGHTS OCCUR; ALMOST DAILY. OBTAINING GRAIN SUPPLIES. 'United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph Copyright.) —United Service). LONDON, Nov. 4. Daily there are fights between the Soviet" grain commissars endeavouring to obtain supplies, reports the “Daily Mail’s” Moscow correspondent. The fights have necessitated special police to separate the commissars. Grain previously sold to official buyers was snatched forcibly by different officials. Grain was taken from peasants who had already sold it to the Government. The “Pravda” advocated the revival of terrorism to secure grain if the peasants refused to sell between August 15 and September 15. Forty-two peasants were fatally shot and 33 officials are missing.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1928, Page 5
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107OFFICIALS AND PEASANTS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1928, Page 5
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