RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12012, 15 March 1920, Page 5

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

United Frees Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Helsingfors, March 12. Russian newspapers state that Lenin, addressing the Council at Moscow, declared that workmen’s councils were responsible for the bad state of industry. The only solution was to abolish the councils and, place administrative duties in the'hands of technical and educated persons. Finally, work bad to be militarised. Freedom of work was only possible in bonrgeoise countries. ■ Compulsory measures provoked resistance. by the workers, whereupon Zinovioff proposed the abolition of trade unions and the introduction of a communistic dictatorship. Another difficulty was the steady increase of wages. Trotsky proposed payment by foodstuffs, but the scheme was fdnnd unworkable. The value of money is also decreasing. Copenhagen, March 12. Gunfire compelled an aeroplane from Smolensk to land near Kevno. It was carrying a woman and four men, bearing documents from Lenin, empowering them to make a farreaching commercial agreement with Germany.