SOVIET OF RUSSIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1926, Page 7

SOVIET OF RUSSIA.

ACTIVITIES IN ENGLAND. ; A NEWSPAPERS disclosuh.es. INTENSE BED CAMPAIGN. j (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ; I I (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. June G. The "Daily Mail" says that the Soviet ■ jis abandoning its world campaign and j concentrating on Britain, with the I object of prolonging the mine stoppage and paralysing other industries, in which she is planning an intensive revolutionary campaign. The Third Internationale almost stopped its propaganda in Morocco following Abd-el-Krim's surrender and transferred a great amount of money available against France to the I British section of the Communist organisation, and also suspended propaganda j in the British Dominions and colonies, I using the money to intensify the agita- \ tion in Britain. A secret document in the possession of j the "Daily Mail" reveals that the Third Internationale allotted £747,980 for pro- j paganda abroad in 1926, of which | £42,000 was allocated to the Dominions ! and colonies, and £162.500 was earmarked for extraordinary subsidies to strike committees. A sum of £400,000 has reached Eng- j land since April, nevertheless the money reaching the miners and headquarters , of the Communists is only a small portion of the funds actually sent to Britain. Large amounts are reaching private persons, from whom they are passed on through the "underground section" of British Communists, whose methods are so clandestine that its j members, both men and women, are un- ' known to some of tlie Communist leaders. Scotland Yard is now tracing these subventions. The number of persons entering Soviet London carrying bags is larger than the whole corps of King's messengers in the j British sendee. i Special significance is attached to envelopes bearing a red triangle included in diplomatic bags, which it is suggested should not be immune from Customs examination as at present. Scotland Yard is watching a woman known to receive these envelopes. Sir Alfred Mond, in a letter to the "Daily Mail," demands that the Govern-1 ment shall publish information in its possession regarding the activities of Eussian agents in Britain. He says that the Russian support of the British miners is not merely prolonging the struggle, but is assisting the Russian j coal trade. The competition of Russian I anthracite is already ousting Welsh coal from the Mediterranean market. j The "Daily Mail" states that a group of Conservative members in the House of Commons intend to press for the dis- I closure of information and unless satis- I tied will move an adjournment of the i House to obtain a debate.— ( A. and i N.Z.) " j