Riga, Mar. 17.
Soviet newspapers speak of se: ous famine conditions in parts of Russia, accentuated by the of the cattle-raising districts to ingram, where riots have occurred,..with angry crowds demanding food and being dispersed by the police.
Rykoff, in refusing an application' for a' subsidy for the metal industries, stated that 4,000,000 people must be added to the starve ing' millions whom the Government was already supporting, whilst the over-estimate of harvest, yields had caused the collapse of the Budget,
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