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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1989

SOVIET PLANNING TO POPULATE SIBERIA TRANSFERENCE WARNING TO REICH:

TO THE EAST

The Kremlin has tightened up the collective farm system by a rigorous decree exposing rural officials and peasants violating the Collective Farm Statute to dismissal, expulsion and criminal pro- ceedings.

MOBILISATION OF FLEET SUGGESTION

London, To-day. There were a number of questions in the House of

Commons yesterday on the Danzig situation.

The decree declares significantly that as lands cultivated in common cannot be reduced, and in over-populated villages the land available for The vegetable patches is already exhausted, the trans- fer of their surplus population to undeveloped lands eastwards must be undertaken.

This fixed and wise policy of M. Stalin's is al- ready, in fact, applied. It has been summed up by a foreign observer as "Multiply and fill Siberia.”

The existing statute provides for lin as a result of lessons learned the tilling of big fields by each col- in the great famine of 1933, Rus- lectivised village in common,-but--sian-peasants-have-been-giving as at the same time allows each pea- much time and work as they can sant homestead to have its own to their own gardens and vegetable garden and vegetable patch. The patches and neglecting their work Russian peasant, however, is no in the common fields. more fond than his fellow in other lands of working in common, hand- ing over a large part of the com-

mon crops to the State for

a

nominal price and sharing the rest, often according to an arbitary piecework system.

ADDING EXTRA LAND

Thus, since the present relative- ly tolerant system of collectivisa- tion was introduced by the Krem-

OFF THE RECORD

who

They have also, often with the consent of the local party leaders manage Soviet agriculture, succeeded in adding extra land to their private patches, either by renting a hayfield for cattle or hir ing vegetable patches from their lazier fellow villagers.

After a lean year, owing to drought, the Soviet Government is now beginning to feel the pinch of

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By ED REED.

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“I'm sure it's a Flebitus Germani

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Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, agreed in reply to Mr. Cocks (Labour) that certain of the military preparations re- ported to be taking place there appeared to constitute a breach of Article Five of the Dan- zig Statute.

the representations made on Satur- day by the French Government to Germany.-

the

Mr. Butler reaffirmed that the British Government was keeping in close touch with the Polish and French Governments regarding all Mr. Butler, who replied, said: aspects of the Danzig situation. "His Majesty's Government were Mr. Vyvyan Adams (Conserva- not previously consulted in this tive), in another question, asked if particular matter, though they had in view of these reported illegal been kept fully informed by proceedings, such as importations French Government. of munitions and armed men into! "The attitude of His Majesty's the Free City, the Prime Minister Government has would take steps while there

been made clear was in recent statements and there is time to impress Government the determination of two Governments."-British Wire-

on the

German no divergence of view between the the British people by some physi- less. cal action such as mobilisation of the Fleet.

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REPRESENTATIONS IN GERMANY

Mr. Chamberlain replied: "The Government will not fail to take any steps which may seem neces-] sary or desirable to make absolute- ly their attitude, which has al-

THE COLONIES

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Exchange

ready been stated with precision in Of Views

recent speeches by Ministers."

The Prime Minister was also asked if the British Government were consulted regarding, and had fully associated themselves with,

this new display of the peasant in- stinct for private enterprise.

re-

In addition to the punitive mea- sures, the decree orders the measurement of the private gar dens and vegetable patches held by each collectivised homestead.

“WORKING DAYS” MINIMUM

In general these must not ex-

LONDON, TO-DAY. A QUESTION WAS ASKED IN THE HOUSE OF YESTERDAY WHETHER, IN RE- COMMONS

LATION TO THE GERMAN DE- MAND FOR COLONIES, HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF BELGIUM, FRANCE AND JAPAN REGARDING THE CLAIM FOR THE RETURN OF FORMER GEL- MAN COLONIES AT PRESENT BEING ADMINISTERED UNDER MANDATE BY THOSE GOVERN- MENTS.

An enquiry was also made as to the attitude of the respective gov- ernments on the matter.

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs stated: "There has been no

of workin the cres is permitted, recent exchange of views with any

FRENCH ATTITUDE CLEAR

ceed a maximum of an acre and a quarter. In many regions the limit is much less, although in a few, ac- cording to the fertility of the soil, up to almost 21⁄2

Moreover, minimum number foreign governmen on th <ques-

days" which each tion, member of a collective farm, in- cluding women, must fulfl in 1989 so as not to be expelled from it, thus losing his private garden and patch also, is now fixed by law.

The working day is not a time unit, but the piece-rate normally used to calculate each collectivised homes

part in the annual of whe

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The attitude of the French Government has been made clear by the French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on sions, more - particularl statemen

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