CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 11

CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA.

. jJ» - turbulent protest MEETING. SEVERAL* INTERRUPTORS EJECTED. (ukxtsp sayss tssocimoH— bs auscmic TELEGRAPH —COPYEIGHT.) (Received March Bth, 5.0 p.m.) LONDON, March 7. There were turbulent scenes at the Trade Defence Union's demonstration of protest against the brutalities of Russian prison camps, when a meeting was held at Albert Hall to-night. As soon as Lord Brentford rose to speak, a crowd of men stood up on the topmost tier of the hall and shouted, "Long Live the Soviet." Pandemonium broke loose. Hun-, cireds of stewards surrounded the interruptprs, a free fight resulted, and the demonstrators were thrown into the Streot. (When Lord Brentford attempted to resume, the uproar continued and toreworks were thrown the galleries. The stewards pounced on the in !fj ruptors and some women were bundled out, kicking and screaming. Describing the horrors of the timber camps, Lord Brentford said # that the cruelties in the Tsarist regime w® re nothing compared to the barbarities perpetuated in .Russia to-day. Speaking in broken a sian escapee fropi Archangel related terrible experiences in the camps, conditions in which were appalling. _ The speaker was subjected to a hostile demonstration, as also was Mr Winston Churphill, who pointed a finger at some people who were being ejected and shouted above the dm, "They are miserable hirelings, poor wretched peqple paid with roubles to make trouble." A motion was proposed by Sir Hilton Ypung calling on the Government to terminate the trade agreement with Russia and this was carried, amid booing which was drowned by a storm of cheers. PRODUCE FROM RUSSIA. TRANSPORT ON THE PANUBE REFUSED. (Receiyed March Bth, 6.5 p.m.) BUCHAREST, March 7. ; The Rumanian Government, which, has already forbidden the importation of Russian goods, has refused permission to the Danube navigation companies ih transport Russian cereals and petrol through Rumanian ports.