RED HAND OF RUSSIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 7

RED HAND OF RUSSIA.

' THROTTLING INDUSTRY. BRIBES FOR THE OBEDIENT. jgj; MOSCOW STRIKE FARM. (By Cable.—Press A-rsvistion.— Copyright) ill<*•"?i• ■:-I 10.30 a.m.l LONDON. September 30. Mr. Havelock 'Ail- >n. in an interview. s id he was positive Mo-cow had ordered the s'rike. directed entirely arainst Britain'- oversea trade. He discovered the -Red-" activities in the Fnited States and Canada were also solely against Britain. Curiously. German. Hreek nnd other European shipping, payin? half British THSes. had been left completely alone. Strike leaders like Larkin. Hardy and QuiiilaD visited Moscow two or three tunes within Three y=ars a- gue=ts of the Soviet Government. Presumably they did not return empty-handed. Walsh knew by the middle of July that British wage reduction was imminent, and called the first strike meeting in Sydney "on August 23. Why the delay? •fbe inference is that he awaited instructions from elsewhere. Tbe '-Reds" failed in 1021 to disrupt the American geamen's Union. Since then they have consistently attacked tbe British union. They persuaded many seamen on Australian boats to discontinue payments to the British union. That was the reason there were so many non-union-ists among British strikers in Australia. It would be interesting to know who •rts supplying their strike pay. — (Eeuter.)

XHE POWER OF MOSCOW. 'ORDERED" SEAMEN'S STRIKE. LONDON. September 30. In authoritative source states that the strike of British seamen was directly ordered from Moscow. It was effected through paid aeents in Britain. Australia, New Zealand. South Africa and Canada.

Political propaganda having failed to disrupt the British Empire. Moscow's mtocrats plotted a deliberate economic and commercial blow.

When Trotsky returned to power. Moscow realised the necessity for developing Russia's internal resources by STeater exports abroad through the allRussian co-operative societies. Before 1914 Britain was one of Russia's chief markets, but after the war a swinjr toward Empire trade development seemed likely to close that market to Eussia.

Therefore Trotsky conceived a plan ef smashing the new Anglo-Dominion trade extension by aiming what be loped would be a paralysing blow at British shipping.

Trotsky had previously sent a trading mission to Britain, ostensibly to place orders with manufacturers and to persuade British co-operative wholesale societies to buy large quantities of Russian wheat.

The informant, who is in very close touch with Moscow, declares that the Red leaders no longer represent the trades unions. They have, he says, become the industrial and financial '"bosses" of the workers. They exploit their followers throusrh the huge trust known as the all-Russian co-operative societies.

This trust is exporting paid agents to Britain and to the Dominions to become similar "bosses" in those countries. — ("Sun.")

QUEENSLAND FARMERS. SO MORE ROTTING PRODUCE. BRISBANE, September 30. A meeting of farmers who are affected hy the shipping dislocation at the northern ports was held to-day. It was decided that in times of strikes, inste/.d of allowing produce to rot. the farmers themselves should work both on the wharves and on the ships.—f A. and N.Z. Cable.) THE ORVIETO SAILS.

MELBOURNE, September 30. The Orvieto sailed for Sydney this morning. The passengers were " taken ■I: by a ieTTy boat - the vessel hay " mgbeen moved from the Dier early in the morning. This move completely surprised the "Tilers, the leaders of whom state wat 22 members of the crew remained ashore.

Telegrams were sent to Sydney urging ill ersid<? work ers there, to" declare g> wneto "black" on account of the shortage in her crew. At Adelaide 13 stewards from the r«uuus. *-ho were last week sentenced H. i-u. daj ~ S ' im Prisonment. intimated tnat they would Return to work unconThey were released and returned-to the vessel.-(A. and X.Z.) LABOURITES' "ULTIMATUM."

SYDNEY, September 30. TTn* ? r £ sident of the Waterside tim. j- 1 ? Feder ation says his organisation not deliver the ultimatum to iZijm enunenfc in connection with the of the permanent and casual tW_ Worke "' Union. Negotia™fls with the Newcastle Comnanv had Tea P ™? eedin ?' ev er since the last"strike »;«-c j d ' and his federation was quite with the progress the Government was making toward a settlement* "s grievance.—i A. and NX Cable.) DEPORTATION BOARD.

SYDNEY. September 30. liSM* Siltin? of the Deportation 2JW the Crown's case against Tom «aish was concluded. \C_ti A l R ' Watt - Xc ■ counsel for _& ed that a * neither the Prime il° te - r W Mr ' S ' M ' n °r the Minh_?_» H , OI ? e AfTair? - Ir - C - F - p earce, he would ask the board to aiteni ° Subpoenas "M"? on them to on the anplication is proee «*ng.-. (A. and N.Z Cable.)