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Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1923, Page 2

RECORD STORMS. LONDON, Feb. 21 One of the heaviest snowstorms for years is raging in many parts of Britain. The roads in Scotland. Wales and the North of England are often blocked by snowdrifts several feet deep. Some of the hailstones falling in London are two inches across. They smashed the greenhouses in Croydon. RUSSIA LOOKS AHEAD. STOCKHOLM. Feb. 21 A telegram from .Moscow states: At an extraordinary session of the Council of the People’s Commissaries, Trotsky declared that war was now a necessity for Russia. M. Bukhavin opposed this proposal, on behalf of the Left Communists, but Trotsky sharply maintained that once a Red Army entered Germany, the desired revolution there might be expected. The German Communists, lie said, had lost their power over tbe proletariat, and the events in the Ruhr had aroused the patriotism of the German proletariat. Trotsky’s proposal won the day. and it was decided to cut down tbe public expenditure, and to concentrate on the production of war material.

LLOYD GEORGE AGAIN. LONDON. Feb. 22. Mr Lloyd George's Saturday article deals with the invasion of the Ruhr and the steps leading up thereto. COAL BOOM. LONDON, Feb. 21. The Scottish coal trade continues to boom, as the result of German orders. Over two million tons of coal has so far been shipped to Germany.