SLAVES OF BOLSHEVISM.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15317, 13 September 1920, Page 4

SLAVES OF BOLSHEVISM.

"The conditions are closely approximate to those of some phuses of slavery. . . What I hated most m the regime was the suppression of liberty." Thiß.is the opinion, expressed by Mrs. Philip Snowden of what she saw and • heard, during her journey through Soviet Bußsia. Mrs. Snowden is a life-long Socialist, and therefore her views, expressed m the course of an interview m the Evening Standard. should carry great weight with- those British workers who have cast longing eyes at the land of Leninism. \ ' 'Before the Bolshevist regime people could at least move about from town to town and ; leave their work 'if they, ■wanted." said Mrs. Snowden. "Now Jixey cannot. If, on the other hand, they refuse to go to another part of the country when ordered they are sent to My outstanding impression of gLenfn was that he is & prince of fanatics and a slave of dogma. What struck me also was that he eeemed to be a far less able man than I— and. probably anany others— had believed. The 80lWievist authorities did their 1 best to present everything to us m a most attrac- , * IVe <r u «e," continVd Mrs. Showdenl I think they acted very foolishly, for they could not bide the worst, and their efforts at concealment made a very bad impression." - . * •