Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-05
CONDITIONS DISCLOSED IN RUSSIA

out footwear, rubbers and even without | -as much as . needle. Truly, they are |
 living much worse than they did before r
 We are bound to admit that the soviet |
 power has failed to do for them the most |
 dispensable things"
 The bolshevist economist, r. SIarin, |
 in the 'Ivestiae of December 10, 1920, ! shows that not less than 19 institutions | have to De gone throgh before a small |
 amount of axle grease can be obtained The degradAtion of Russia sindustries lin- der the bolshevist reginesls finally shown I l in the following quotation in the, "Prayas' lof January 1921: 3
 'Russfas most important iron ore dis
 trict, that of ,Kriyoy Ron in Southernd
 Russia; which had furnished before the war about three-duarters Of all the iron ore mined in Russia, was completely idle I | Hast year and continues in such a state of neglect and ruin up to the present time I that if urgent and vigorous measures will lnot be taken Russia will be deprived for few years to come of the opportunity ! to utilize this ore. f y3 4 "One of Russia's most important man. ] ganese mines, the Gorodishchensky mine I in the district of Mariupol, has been lhooded. The copper mines stood idle in | 1920 and the mines in the Bogoslovsky-
 Kutinsky district have been flooded. The | output of lead ore in 1920 fuctuated be-
 tween I2 per cent and 25 per cent. Iron ore was mined in 1920, only 6,61e,000
 poods instead of s5,ooo poods as requir- ed by schedule.
 It is of little wonder that under. such fconditions revolts against the bolsheviA are continuously taking place in Russia. EEspecially significant is the anti-boishe- vist movement in the cities and villages of southern Russia. where an anti-bol- shevist green army" composed mostly Of peasants, Is operating at present The
 revolts against the bolshevist power are being suppressed with utmost cruelty.
 Following is the text of a proclamation
 issued by the ,bolshevist extraordinary
 commission in Southern Russia:
 "All risings of the white guard and green partisan bands will De suppressed i.l with implacable severity. In case the
 present demand will not be fulfilled the ! guilty parties will be subjected to the
 most ruthless Vengeance to wit:
 1. Stanitzas and villages which will
 conceal the whites and the greens will lbe destroyed, the adult population shot and property confscated. II 2. All persons who have offered as. . sistance to these bands will be irnmedi- ! ately shot. II g. The majority of the greens ,whc . are now in the mountains have their , relatives in the Villages. These have : all been, registered and in case of attack : by these bandS all adult relatives of those , who are fighting, against us Will be shot while their minor relatives will be de. , ported to Central Russia. t In the event of a mass rising oi r any village, .Stanitza or city, we shall ap ply mass terror against these localities 7 For every, soviety representative that vii be killed hundreds of Inhabitants of these | villages and Stanitzas will have to sui y fer" Il In spite Of the bolshevist terror and 5 the mass exec Ei9ns- they practice the an ' ti bolshevist movement in the RussiaT r icties and among the pessantry is grow B ing all the time. The bolshevid are sup 7 pressing the movement of the Russian ? people against them with cruelty un.
 known even under the Czar's regime, .bu' r this bloody policy will not save the bol. : sheviki just as it did not save the old regime from the just wrath of the people The hour of decisive battle is neal : and there is no doubt that the people !. Twill win. This will open the way fol . Russia's regeneration.