SOVIET FACES CRISIS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 202, 15 November 1927, Page 1

SOVIET FACES CRISIS

CIVIL WAR FEARED ARMIES BEING ASSEMBLED By Cable.—Press iMociation. Copyright. LONDON. Sunday. The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Chronicle” says a most serious crisis has arisen in Moscow. At the Kremlin the Soviet chiefs are marshalling their forces to cope with the difficulties. All the organisations of the Communist Party have received orders from the Central Committee to take stern action against the Opposition. They have been told that illegal gatherings must be dispersed by force. Already scores of Trotsky’s supporters have been turned out of the Communist Party. It Is expected that arrests and executions will follow. Officials of the Communist Party consider they are bound to resort to a policy of terrorism, even against their former chiefs. Alarm Is so prevalent among the public that there is general talk of a civil war. Anti-Semitic feeling Is also rising, and marked hostility is shown to foreigners. Long lines of people are waiting outside the shops where food is sold. The ferment is increasing and there is little faith in the ability of the present regime.—A. and N.Z.