THE CASE OF LARKIN

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 51, 1 March 1921, Page 2

THE CASE OF LARKIN

TO THB EBITOR. Sir.—ln reply to "Brifishor": Tt is a fact that Jim Larkin is the founder and first general secretary of the Irish Transport and Goneral Workers' Union—a union at the present'day with 160,000 of a membeiship. Larkin ia neither imprisoned in New Zealand or England. Tim.time the American capitalists have done tho dirty work with the aid of their brother capitalists throughout tho world;"they havo Larkin serving ton years in Dannamero Prison —a prison where they put those whom they claim are really dangerous to the existing order of society. "Britisher" is anxious to know why collect money for a man imprisoned outside of New Zealand? Can "Britisher" v answer me, why tha capitalists of the world combined to imprison Larkin ? The British capitalists forwarded a special report for hie trial, said report was entered upon Court records. The workers of tho world have learnt a lesion from tho capitalists of tho world— solidarity. That is why we; the workers of New Zealand, are raising money ' for tho Larkin Release Fund, knowing that I an injury to one of our cl»ss is the concern of the whole of our class throughout the world.

No; it :s not a fact that Jim Larkin is a violent anti-Britieher. Larkin stands for the economic freedom of the working class throughout the world, but it is a fact that Larkin is a violent anti-Imperialist, being quite clear on the point that tho British Empivo is tho backbone of the capitalist system, and the breaking up of it means inn overthrow of capitalism throughout tho world, and the freedom of the oppress cd peoples. "Britisher" makes another orror, when he jumps to the conclusion without reading tho placard (which ho claims to hay«, read, if ho had, he would see written plainly on it) that the meeting is to be run under tho auspices of the Larkin Release Committee and not the Now Zealand Labour Party.

"Britisher" noedn't be afraid of a Sinn Fein organisation in this country, for the Irishmen in this country haven't the courage to eomo out and make a stand against the "cruGlost.. atrocities" that were ever committed by' «ny form of Government in the history of the ivorld—the atrocities that aro being committed at the. present hour in' their o«u country, Ireland. Jiln Larkin, nn '"International Socialist," and nor a "Sinn Fcincr," as ."Britisher" e»ll3 him, has had the courage to condemn the

British Government's atrocities'in Ireland, India, and Egypt, and also to condemn the capitalist system throughout the world for their treatment of tho "oppressed masses. r —l am, etc.,

FINTAN P. TUOHY, ,„ Seewtwy Larkin Release Committee. Wellington, 26th February,