RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL SITUATION IN CHAOTIC STATE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3125, 2 July 1917, Page 5

RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL SITUATION IN CHAOTIC STATE

THE EXTRAVAGANT DEMANDS OF LABOUR ' ' FACTORIES CANNOT WORK UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS m'i j. ~ , j ,V , i.- . Petrograd, June 29. iiio extravagant demands of Labour continue to render the industrial situation chaotic. Workmen often work forsix hours, and then take a dav's rest Wages which had doubled 6inco the war began have been doubled again since the revolution. ■, Unskilled men are making .£SOO a year, and skilled men earn .£IOOO. If the'workmen strike, wages are demanded for the whole time of the dispute, and when tho employers demur they are threatened with execution It is almost impossible for tho factories to continue working under the present conditions, and several large concerns announce that they are closing. The prices of many commodities have increased byiten times. A simple lunch costs twelve shillings. Boots formerly costing thirty! shillings now sell at MO. State control seems tho only method of overcoming difficulties, but it is doubtful if this is possible at present.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • COSSACKS URGE AN IMMEDIATE OFFENSIVE. ~ The Jewish daily paper "Forward" publishes a cablegram from ' stating .that a congress of the Cossacks of All Russia passed .t resolution ur»mg an immediate offensive against Germ any.-Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. D DUMA REFUSES REQUEST TO DISSOLVE. ! , Tho Duma has refused the request of numerous elements 6 th^Mt"rf.aU 2dissolve because, various congresses such as that of tho Workmen's, Soldiers' and Peasants delegates, are superseding the Duma as a representative'body MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON VISITS MOSCOW. rtJfr i lr' th " r Hc ? d<n vT; tj!, 6 British Labour member of the War .CaWnetf' is visiting Moscow —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' \ ' _. (Roc. July 1, 5.5 p.m f ) fid 1 ?;\, H l n ?? Wo *' hn ."?? d 'ho Government a communication b&nttrf Brilnw{' ta >? S:S • • P ° int ' n ° ? ut , thes ; w ? re of 8««t importance, as Russia- was threatened with mm owing to her chaotic industrial position, and ui-imr the Government to secure control on the same lines as Britain had done.-Rfnter RELATIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE IMPROVED BY EXTREMISTS' ACTIONS . FEMALE LABOUR TO BE MOBILISED. . (Rec. July 1, 5.5 p.m.) The quarrel between the Government and a small Twd/rfSmtaf* 6 - 80 : ftfe*W*iWsJ!' I B!:^tf®fS' back up a counter-revolution. Down with all >»,wl „ 1- as ? , wI ? 0 Eft traSH^ 8 *=- »: of the crisi/fema lo labour bT'tobi.i^&lTb^

MR, WILL THORNE EXPECTS KUSSIAN OFFENSIVE SHORTLY .... . (Bco. July 1, 5,5 p.m.) - Mr.'-Will:Thorn (Labour M.P.), speaking at Hull «M r,« Lont, °i l, i J i , i ne l ? 0, short time the Russian offensive wonld Zmen e ' The te™ ,n ,, 8 hrough the Germans and Germans Sh™J°? ,d v l i ,k West front. In that case there was a no=Bibi'liK- «f iht L T ? ed ■ from , t,le Chrislmas.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. P°*>">»"> of the war collapsing before BERLIN ADMITS RUSSIANS ARE ATTACKING. The High.Commissioner reports:—