EMPTY SOVIET TREASURY.
SPOILING THE CHURCHES. RIOTING IN PETROGRAD~ A. and N.Z. LONDON. April 4. Advices from Petrograd report that a series of collisions ocenrred in Petrograd between the populace and the Soviet militia in consequence of the attempt of the Soviet authorities to confiscate Church treasures. Reports from Helsingfors state that a series of fires has broken out in Petrograd the railway stations, bank premises, and ' harbour buildings being involved. A Bolshevik newspaper attributes the outbreaks to incendiarism by social revolutionaries,
SALE OF ART TREASURES. PROJECT TO RAISE FUNDS. Renter. PARIS. April 4. The newspaper La Prcsse states that in order to obtain funds the Russian Soviet Government is arranging to sell the treasures in the Academy of Fine Arts, the Alexander Museum, and other collections.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18059, 6 April 1922, Page 7
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127EMPTY SOVIET TREASURY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18059, 6 April 1922, Page 7
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