THE SOVIET’S GOOD FAITH

Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1930, Page 9

THE SOVIET’S GOOD FAITH

EARLY PUT TO THE TEST

BOLSHEVIK PROPAGANDA

PUBLICATION IN BRITAIN

By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 8.40 p.m. London, Jan. 2. “The Government hae not had to wait long to test the Soviet Government’s good faith,” says the Times, giving attention to a flagrant piece of Bolshevik propaganda, namely, the Daily Worker’s publication of a message from the presidium of the Communist International, in which this new paper is described as “a new and powerful weapon in the hands of the British working class in its fight against capitalism and the Social Fascist Labour Government.”

The Times emphasises that before the appointment of ambassadors and the recent exchange of assurances, this message might have been dismissed merely as a typical example of Bolshevik meddling in another country’s affairs, but in the circumstances it becomes far more important. The Times recalls that both Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Snowden have admitted the close relationship between the Soviet Government and the Communist International. “If, therefore,” it says, “the Communist International consists of persons under the direct or indirect control of the Soviet Government, then this act of the Communist International is an open breach of the pledge which was given less than a fortnight ago.”

The Times.adds: “Mr. Henderson has asserted as a fact that the Soviet Government pledged itself to restrain the Communist International propaganda. It is now his turn to act, and with a directness that shall prevent all possibility of misunderstanding in Moscow.”