CRIME IN RUSSIA
SOVIET OFFICIALS MURDERED.
VINDICTIVE PEASANTS.
Moscow, November 11
The Izvestia admits that attacks on Soviet officials are occurring throughout the country. It says that officials, teachers and journalists have been murdered while Soviet buildings and Communists’ residences have been burnt down. The Kulaks, or the rich peasants, have also broken up the town meetings held to discuss the collection of agricultural taxes. The Pravda states that the outbreaks of violence are growing more desperate and murders of officials have doubled compared with 1927. The Kulaks, seeking revenge for the confiscation of their property, burnt 85 haystacks, cooperatively owned, and a grain elevator. The majority of the crimes are a direct result of the Government’s grain buying and the rigid collection of taxes. —Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20641, 13 November 1928, Page 5
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