LOOTING IN MOSCOW.
FAMINE IN FOOD-STUFFS. The Moscow authorities are apparently unable to cope with what the ; Soviet Press calls the "goods famine." Thit is becoming worse, particularly in regarc to flour, sugar, salt, and textiles. Whenever the Government stores re .ceive supplies the news spreads iikj lightning, queues collect outside them. The people sometimes even storm he shops, although these are usually rongly protected by police. The evening papers in Moscow deplored the fact that the police a few weeks ago were unable to control a qUeue numbering 1000 persons outside a store in the centre of the city. After hours of waiting the people brushed aside the police, burst in the doors, and plundered the shop. Mounted militia later arrived and arrested many of the looters, while others were stopped pad compelled, to disgorge their booty.)
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
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138LOOTING IN MOSCOW. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
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