AGITATION SCHOOL

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18095, 10 June 1924, Page 7

AGITATION SCHOOL

FOR SOVIET PROPAGANDA. 1 ATTACK ON LOYALTY OP BRITISH SAILORS, (BY CABLE—KBEBB ASBOCIATIOH COPTWOHT.} (jITJSTOAiIAN AND H.Z. CABLE AfISOCIATIOB.) LONDON, June 8. The Riga correspondent o£ "The ; Times" describes a sensational Soviet attempt to undermine the loyalty of British sailors. j Comrade Stuart, who attendel recent conferences, at lsogsow, yas ap- : pointed director of propaganda- among British sailors. • Stuart was to be assisted fey about 100 Russian Communists Who ara at present being instructed in the English language a;t the Soviet's so-called " agitation schooli" As soon as they pass the necessary tests they will tie sent to Britain to pursue. active agitation. EDUCATION DISCOURAGED. A SOVIET DECREE.(Sydjtst "Stm" BKSTICK.) , LONDON, JuH? 3. The Moscow correspondent , of the "Daily Mail" says that a Soviet deoree orders further restriction in the number of students at universities, declur-i ing that it was impossible for the Government to find them future employment. . • ■ The teal object is the elimination of tiie bourgeois element. This removal of the old intellectual class, to'gether with the' inferior standard of technical training, and almost entire absence of elementary education, particularly in the rural districts', will inevitably lower the quality of the coming generation* upon which devolves the continuance of the work of Russia's I reconstruction.

j WAR ON BOLSHEVISM. EGYPT TAKES ACTION. ■ ' •'■. - j (BT CABLS—PBEBB ASSOCIATION CO WEIGHT.) 1 (iUSTBALIAH AND K.Z. OABtS ABSOCttllO*.) CAIRO, June 8. The Government has declared war upon Bolshevism, following disturbances in March, when workshops and; mills were seized and the managements expelled. The Government appointed & Commission to investigate the origin of. the outbreaks, which were largely 'attributed to Bolsheviks. Acting on the recommendations made in the Commission's report, the Government has decided to prosecute 11 Egyptians on charges of conspiring to overturn tha present political order, > The Government is also negotiating with the diplomatic representatdvea of the various Powers for th§ expulsion, from Egypt of a number of foreigners accused of similar activities, the allegations being that they are Communists, and closely associated with Soviet organisations at Moscow.