COMMUNISM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 238, 9 October 1933, Page 8

COMMUNISM.

DANGER TO THE STATE.

ADDRESS TO ROTARIANS.

That the activities of the Third International, which has its headquarters at Moscow, constitute a' real menae'e to this country was the theme dealt, with by Mr. A. P. Harper, of Wellington, in an address delivered today to members of the Auckland Rotary Club. After defining Communism, he stated that the Russian Bolsheviks had under Lenin abandoned its practice, and this had been confirmed by Stalin, who had said that there must be an incentive to greater effort and had introduced piecework. Mr. Harper (hen quoted from Russian leaders statements to the effect that their aim was a world revolution.

The methods of Third International were dealt with. In Xew Zealand there was a branch of the Third International which was not very active, but there were other societies which were really working in its support. The Third International had failed to achieve its chief objective, so now the promoters were trying by more subtle methods to influence the views of the younger generation. The latest avowed aim of the Third International was to endeavour to enlist the intellectuals, which, of course, include,! the teaching profession. There was a distinct tendency on the part of some teachers to challenge the position of the British Empire. If that kind of thing went on unchecked we should find that the rising generation would grow up with an entirely false conception of our country and its history.

It was not, as had been suggested, a case of misguided youthful zeal; it was a ease of an outside influence coming in to prevent the enthusiasm of our youths. He felt that the time had come for the Government to say to these perverts, "If you prefer the Red Flag to the Union Jack; if you prefer to sing the 'Red Flag' to the National Anthem, then get out of the country." The position was much more serious than many peop'e supposed nnd called for firm treatment on the part of the Government.