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4 OLITIKA, Belgrade. - According
TO police reports, the year 1880
was lInusua1iyf prolific iii crime.
Total instances OF such nm

- " pOttC6 reports, the year 1880
was unusually prolific III crime.
u Total instances OF such I'M
wholesome Activfty ranging
from simple IpisdemeanoFs to more
nagrapt breaches OF the law. we're reg-:
istered at 6,714. Others. apprehended
outside the nominal limits Of the uslI-
nicipality, but incarcerated within the
Belgrade prison for longer or shorter
periods, increased this figure to 7,729
Thefts alone numbered 1883 cases,
while SO suicides and 1873 attempted
suicides were also brought to the attea-
ton of the, police. Though criminal
operations were not, recorded on the
same scale in the rural districts, there
such unwholeSome phenomena, and the
political police have also found occasion
for renewed operations. Ohicials de-
clare that unusual economic conditions
are largely responsible for this extraor-
binary situation.
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Macedonia Is Siberia
or Twentieth Century.
La Macedonia, Geneva (Exterri-
torially puhlished) Macedonia Is the
Siberia Of the twentieth century. No
body In Macedonia dare think Of polit-
zeal rights any more than of legal pro-
lection. Those who expire die by the
bullets or the blows of the gendarmerte.
It Is by lashes Of the whip and shocks
of the rifie-butt that the Serbian au-
thorities would ingratiate their "hber-
ated" brethren, the Macedontans, and
win their fealty to the fatherland,
Serbial If one is even suspected OF
dreaming of Macedonia as an independ-
ent state, that dim hope alone Is sum-
Client for the outlawry OF the person
entertaining it. The inhabitants, even
in the country district, drag out their
ror, never knowing for what imaginary
political offenses they will be made to
answer next. In reality, Macedonians
are treated by Serbian ofictalS not as
racial brothers, but as conquered and
subjugated people.
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Russians Making
Strides In Agriculture. IT,
Soviet Economis Review, Moscow.
Mrs. Ethel Ely Pattison, the well
known American seed analyst and di-
rector of the International Seed Serv-
ice, describes some Of her recent expe-
riences in the Soviet Union thus:
MY interest in agriculture from botn
an American and Russian angle led me
to take q trip to the 1vlet Union last
Summer. Having had an active con-
tact with Russia fc- 20 years through
my speciality, seeds, knew that Amer
lea had supplies which the U. 5. 5: II.
needed and had been buying, ana tnat
America needed supplies OF seed wnlcn
were produced in the Soviet Union. But
nv trip was scientific and investiga-
tinnaI and not commercial.
"The meeting Of the Second 1nterna-
tional Congress of Soil Scientists IN
Ieningrad gave me the opportunity to
make the trip with other American
delegates. However, did not stay with
this group except In Leningrad ana
Moscow. I spent many weeks as q lone
traveller in most Of the republics OF the
Soviet Union, going as far as iasnkents
In Central Asia, and by Q route seldom
used even by the Russians themselves
hardly at all by foreign travellers.
Everywhere received the same warm
hospitality and cooperation. 1t never
varied in kindliness, and helpfulness,
whether those I consulted were eXecu-
tiveS, administrators, peasants or Scien-
lists. Everything was done for my COM
fort and work, and while living IN some
places was extremely difhcult Tor an
American, always knew l was getting
the best to be had.
amy one with a knowledge Of Rus
sian history, and of previous economic
conditions, is amazed at the progress
made in recent years. What is being
done in agriculture amounts to COM
pletely changing the diet of huge
country. Where the people have al
ways suhsisted on cabbage soup, black
bread and tea, they are now being
taught to raise and eat fresh vegetables.
1t is hard for Americans to realize the
extent Of the undertaking and hence to
appreciate what has been done.
II was allowed TO GO anywhere /
wished, and to work at amy expert
mental station. In my travels I met
other American Investigators some Of