IS SOCIALISM POSSIBLE?

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 January 1926, Page 7

IS SOCIALISM POSSIBLE?

Failure of Red Tactics.

WIDESPREAD ACTIVITIES IN U.S.A. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Gable Association. (Received January 20, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 19. Mr John Sfcachel, secretary of the Communist Party of America, stated on Monday that the objective was to bring the Labour organisations into the ranks of the Communists, and secure the United States recognition of Soviet Russia. “Tlie immediate programme of the Communist Party includes meetings throughout the whole country oil January 26, at which honour would be paid to Lenin. Mr Stachel’s statement was elicited as the result of a declaration made by Mr Elon Hooker, a prominent publicist that the Communists spent 700,01i0 dollars with the object of destroying Capitalism and in propaganda aimed at the eventual establishment of a Soviet Government in the United States. Mr John Stachel, secretary of the Communist Party of America, stated on Monday that the money was raised at public meetings, and by private subscriptions. It was used to educate the workers in the Soviet, doctrine, and bring the Labour organisation into the ranks of the Communists. Some of it was spent to bring about the recognition of the Russian Soviet by the United States.

SOVIET DOCTRINE FAILS. NEW SCHEME IN RUSSIA. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, January 19. The Russian correspondent of the “Daily Express” says the new slogan in Russia is “State capitalism”. The mines industry, rai.ways and commerce are expected to make a profit. Production is being stimulated by piece work, overtime, bonuses and other “capitalistic devices.” The populat.on of Leningrad, which fell to 400,000, is now 1,000,000. Workers’ houses are springing up like mushrooms by means o£ co-opera-tive organisations of workers, known as “Artels,” made up of 10 to 25 builders, who erect houses in record time for wages, plus a bonus. Bricklayers lay 1500 bricks daily. The final success of the new policy, however, depends upon foreign credits, and the peasant who holds the key to exports, and is unwilling to sell wiieat in order to improve credits. Soviet leaders may acknowledge part of the Czarist debts.

LITTLE HEADWAY. RED ACTIVITIES IN EGYPT. By Cable—yPr«a» Association —Copyright. Auatralian and N.Z. Cable Association. CAIRO, January 19. Of eighteen Commui\ists arrested in June, following on the police observation of their activities, three —Weiss, Polak and Antonin —weie sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and four otliers to imprisonment varying from a year to six months. The balance, including a woman, Rosenthal, were acquitted. The case was heard in camera. It was alleged that Weiss’ real name is Kossoy, and that he received instructions from Moscow. He had been active in Palestine and Egypt. A letter from Moscow, intercepted, complained of the little headway he was making among the fellaheen (peasantry).