Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-09 | Page 7 | Soviets Make Stern Threat

STERrUHREAT i LONDON. April 9. Tho Russian soviet government has threatened to put tho workshops of tho northorn railways under martial law to put an end to what It calls the "crime" of tho workers wasting time In holiday-making, according to a wireless message from Moscow. The government asserts as-serts that 1,000 working days were thus lost In ono month, and that "tho railway men are arranging to have two days of idleness each week at a tlmo when millions of pooplo aro hungering; hun-gering; and when it Is Impossible to transport bread, owing to lack of railway rail-way engines." It notifies tho idlers that they will olthor havo to make up for tho tlmo "of which tho republic has been robbed" or receive full penalty pen-alty under martial law. The message Issued by tho government govern-ment Is headod "Shame, comrades," and declares that Russia cannot await salvation from foreigners, but must fight her own Internal blockado in order or-der to "end tho ruinous condition of things, conquer hunger and savo the sovlot republic,"