RUSSIAN COLLAPSE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16895, 21 November 1922, Page 6

RUSSIAN COLLAPSE.

i FEARED BY BOLSHEVIK. 1 LEADERS, | CALAMITY IMPENDING. ! By Telegraph—Press Assooiaiiou—Copyrig] I United Service. (Received November 21. 9.5 a.m.) BERLIN, November 20. ! M. Rudchenko, a* member of th All-Russian executive committee, wfc ! has returned from the recent All-Rut j sian Conference at Moscow, state : that the Bolsheviks are becornm ! alarmed at the condition of the coui: try. All the reports presented t the conference gave the impressio that calamity was impending, with complete coiiapse of agriculture earl in 1923. All raw materials are es bausted. and the mining industry , j almost- at a standstill. Sweeping cor : cessions, such as the immediate witl: draws 1 of the State control of trad ■ and industry and the restitution c I private property., are inevitable if t-h ! party leaders wish to remain m powei | Similarly. NT. Kamenev, president- c i the Moscow Soviet, desperately at pealed for energetic measures to pr* ■ vent the collapse of industry an ! transport. Fie declared that th : stability of the Soviet had its limits and he was doubtful if it woul j weather the crisis unless it adopt.© | strong action.