SOVIET RUSSIA.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1929, Page 5

SOVIET RUSSIA.

SOVIET TRADE RETURNS. INDUSTRIAL TRICKERY. (United Dress Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) } (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON,' Sept. 21 ! liiO “Times”, Riga correspondent ; states, >at conference of the Soviet’s Supreme Economic Council; Sakolovsky, the official spokesman described • the recent apparent progress in Soviet industrial production as pure swindling. Tne‘factories had merely responded to • tiie Government’s demands' by sacrificing quality to Quantity; He declared fifty per'cent, of the agricultural machinery produced in R u ssi a had' proved useless; ••. Textile factories had increased cloth production ,by diminishing the width and weight of material. ■ Match factories had > decreased the number of matches in each box, by 25 per cent. . Other industries had resorted to similar tricks. < • •', • . , RUSSIAN SOVIET , ,• '4, LONDON;- (Sept;, 25. ' the. conference of Rt. Hon A. Henderson and M.; Dovgalevsky, the Pos.t’s’;’ diplomatic correspondent .states: .. formula will most] lively biejfound b|iiVhich,ithe Soviet will undertake to acknowledge, in writing,-...the -principle of- Russian indebtedness, and also of the cessation of /propaganda.but ,a r dealing with finance and trade, will be concluded .after .the Soviet’s -representa.tiye: has been,, nominated,, The whole arrangement [will, bd : subject to, discussion when Parliament meets. " :'-V IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES. (Received this day at 11 a.m.) •LONDON, September _o. • The “Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent, commenting on the absence of a communique regarding the .Anglo-Soviet negotiations, reveals that Devyalevsky’s statement .(cabled on Tuesday) caused serious embarrassment, and some annoyance in Ministerial circles. He, has been made aware off the. difficulties created, thereby and also of the hope entertained by Ministerial quarters that he will henceforth confirm more strictly to British ideas. of ( diplomacy. ;: SOVIET• DECREE. , \ ' SEVEN-DAY WEEK. a (Received this day.at noon.) MOSCOW, September 25. A\decree, has been issued introducip" a^^e.ven-day?/ f jvye 4 e,k. Iphis, means. that .’operations will prqceed .continuously, including Sundays, each workman taking one day’s rest every five days. Thus Sunday as a civic family holiday .disappears.: ; . . . . '• '• ’ SOVIET TEACHERS. , . 1 .... MOSCOW, September 25. J The 'Cbmmissiare of Education an'’pounced that fifty-nine teachers have '. been ' murdered during the last nine ; months;, He explains that they were ' invariably active Soviet propagandists, ' J pnd frequently victims 'of anti-Soviet elements. % ANQLO-SOVIET CONFERENCE. : •••LONDON, 5 Sept: 25; ;. '' In conriection with the Anglo-Sov-iet discussions it is pointed out there cannot be" a. resumption of relations, till' Parliament approves: ’ Henidersori and Dovgalivsky were silent as a Sphinx after to-day’s conference. They merely announced a meeting and did not indicate anything.' ' ' ■ • ' :