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Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1927, Page 4

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A idler io the l.omlou “Daily Mail i, mi the Russian Manufacturers and Merchants Association in London, w bone members, it is explained, con-1 ms. of “ former Russian business men, | manufacturers, merchants, bankets, j economists, and professional and tech-j ideal men of all kinds with long ex-j pcricnee of Russia and especially of her j trade,” states: — ! “Not only is the system '.that pro- 1 vailing in Russia) incapable even of j adequately feeding its people or of inlying its workers a decent subsistence, but its econumv is such that the cost of production of the goods which it exports is hopelessly in excess of production costs in other countries ol the , world. The system lias in practice j broken down, and internally the force of events is gradually but surely submerging (/omnium.-m in Russia itsell. “Bolshevism as a political power, however, still remains, especially as an j international disrupter. I lie mice <n that power and not the welfare . of the Russian people is the elnct aim j and object of dictatorship known as j the Soviet Ciuveruincni.. i “ The most important effect of the j 1<,21 Trade Agreement, was the support j which it gave to ibis great bulwark of j Bolshevism. The present withdrawal j n> that recognition and support must.' in lime, produce profound and liencfi(i;iV mural and material results,”