RUSSIA'S UNEMPLOYED.
.«. MENACE TO THE SOVIET. OTHER PARTIES RISING. Times. LONDON. Feb. 21. The Riga correspondent of the Times states that tne crumbling process in the Communist Party is continuing with' increasing speed. The rapidly-growing influence of the opposition groups is causing the central authorities grave anxiety. The prisons are filled with arrested proletariats. Fifty per cent, of Petrograd's prisoners consist of workmen who struck, or threatened to strike, because overdue wages were not paid. Friends feed many, but about one-third are half-starved. The Che-ka has appealed to the Soviet Government to evacuate Petrograd unemployed to the number of 196,000. It is stated that their attitude is most defiant and that they are undermining the Soviet's authority. They declare that they are indifferent whether tljey are shot to-day or are gradually but inevitably allowed to starve. During the recent tumult at the metal works in Viborg a detachment of the Red army attempted to disperse a mob who, with hands up, advanced shouting, " For Christ's sake, shoot us." ' The soldiers refused. The Petrograd Communist branch has also appealed to Moscow to evacuate the unemployed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18332, 23 February 1923, Page 7
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184RUSSIA'S UNEMPLOYED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18332, 23 February 1923, Page 7
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