THE SOVIET THREAT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20961, 26 August 1931, Page 12

THE SOVIET THREAT.

Sir, —Your correspondent Mr. John Sykes says he is unable to understand my advocating Russia being allowed to dump goods into New Zealand. Where he got the idea that I was advocating any such thing Ido not know. Certainly no such advocacy has been expressed or implied by me in my letters and I do not know how Mr. Sykes could possibly read such a meaning into them. Since Mr. Sykes has attributed to me opinions which I did not express, the rest of his letter has not much point. I did not iset out to discuss the Five-Year Plan, but only the effect of the payment of Russian debts. Trades unionism, to which Mr. Sykes refers, is opposed to Seated labour anywhere and would be opposed to the products of sweated labour being dumped or imported into this country from Russia or anywhere else. Some years ago I opposed the reparation payments which were imposed on Germany, not because I had any love for Germany, but because I thought " the payments would do injury to' the workers in the countries which received them. I had an idea the payment of Russian debts would have a similar effect, and it was in order to get an expression of opinion on that idea that I wrote on the subject. August 24, 1931. Tom Rloodworxh.