COMMUNISM AN ENEMY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19744, 17 September 1927, Page 11

COMMUNISM AN ENEMY.

SOVIET MACHINATIONS. • „ i . . ... BENCH FEELING AROUSED. STATESMAN . SPEAKS OUT. ADVOCATES A RUPTURE. WARNING TO GOVERNMENT. Jsy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received September 16. 5.5 p.m.) Jimes. LONDON, Sept. 15. The Paris correspondent of the Times jays'M-. Millerand, formerly President of France, who is contesting a by-election for the Orne seat in 'the Senate, opened his campaign by strongly attacking Communism. He described the Soviet Embassy in Paris as the headquarters of revolution. M. Millerand demanded that the Government should eject the Russian Am- . bassador, * Rukowsky, and recall . the French Ambassador from Moscow. He Said that only by a rupture' of that kind could they strike at Communism. Unless this course were adopted France would be the dupe of Moscow, which would be able to make a happy escape from the difficulty by replacing Rakowsky with another Communist. The Government, after a declaration that Communism was an enemy, must act in a determined manner. . . . ' . . ' ' The French Cabinet recently debated the advisability of demanding the recall of Rakowsky to Russia because he had signed, a manifesto issued by the Minority Movement urging soldiers and sailors to revolt against, their Governments. A decision was deferred pending the return, to Paris from Geneva of. the Foreign Minister. M. Briand. In recent months the feeling in France against Communism has been, growing. A few days ago it was xeEorted that' four Russian subjects: had' een deported from Paris, and had sought sanctuary in Bprlm. ' . The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a recent despatch to that journal, reported that M. Gabriel Hanotaux, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, had uttered a striking warning against the perils of Bolshevism in an interview published in the Intransigeant. " Unles3 we act quickly," said the ex-Minister, *'civilisation is threatened in its moral foundations. England has realised it and we ought all to follow her, for she has >cted for civilisation. But if we do act we must not think only of Russia. Our policy must embrace the whole world, because Bolshevism has practised this system of extension. Its action is not only international, but inter-continental." Speaking of this spread of the Communist doctrine, M. Hanotaux said China had been too much neglected, and it was through China that the Bolsheviks had begun their, great enterprise of subversion. iStrong action in China would put a stop to it, and it was through China that shevism might be conquered. " The Great Powers, once more before a formidable : pcnl, should send to China all the forces-that may be necessary." A remarkable manifestation of the reeuits'of Communist propaganda in the Armv is reported from the camp of BourgLastic by a correspondent of the Echo de Paris, * continued the correspondent; 'According to this account, a body of refervists of the Thirty-eighth Infantry Regiment, who- were duo to be liberated from -service on the following day. went to the regimental headquarters to demand the release of a certain prisoner, which thev obtained. A few hours later thesame body of men marched through the quarters singing the " Internationale und shouting " Down with the twentyfive"' days." Not one of them was »nested, and furthermore, it is alleged, the general .commanding the Thirteenth Army Corps gave instructions that the affair was to be hushed up, this oroer following upon a general instruction that jjo reservist was to be punished until the case had btsen referred by telephone to headquarters. Communist agitation was very marked in the camp from the day of the" reservists* arrival, nut the agitators wsrt so numerous and so well organised that it was practically impossible to check their activities. Communist tracts and copies of the Red organ Humanite weio freely distributed; men who were known to foe without money of their own spent lavishly in treating their comrades, and one man received from a well-known milit- ► ant leader in Paris a telegram congratulat. ing, him on the results obtained. A number of reserve officers are so disgusted by the immunity enjoyed by the Communist propagandists that they, have announced their intention of resigning.

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' BEFUGE AT LENINGRAD. RECEIVED WITH OPEN ARMS. (Received September 16, 5.5 p.m.) £ in , es . LONDON. Sept. 15. The Riga correspondent of the Times gays 18 persons who took part in the Vienna insurrection in July arrived at Leningrad. 'lhe Russian authorities warmly welcomed them and arranged a special meeting at which the visitors dilated on the cruelty of the Austrian police and the treachery of the Socialist leaders. One'speakcr, Pankratz, said they had gone to Russia not only to heal their wound®, hut to study the best methods of revolution for the purpose of overthrowing the bourgeoisie.