COMMUNIST ACTIVITY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17567, 18 June 1925, Page 8

COMMUNIST ACTIVITY.

Evidence of Communist activities in Great Britain seems to be ccntinuallv cropping up. The disorderly scenes at midnight in Ilvde Park, London, ere t\ pical ot the measure of Communist respect for established law and order, i he Ilcme Secretary, Sir W. JoynsonIlicks, has again been uttering words of warning against a movement which, he is convinced, is financed from Moscow. and he appeals particularly to trade unionists to resist the ca nicer wnich it is introducing. The contents , the “ secret clccument " published by By “ Daily Mail ” ar.d attributed to M. Zmovieff have cjuite a familiar ring, it is generally understood that the Moscow idea Is to endeavour to capture the British trade unions, and the Home Secretary's appeal to them must be prompted, of course, by tangible proof of the fact that insidious, undermining influences are at work. That the gospel of Communism is now preached in every country of Europe, and in a good many countries outside Europe, cannot be. disputed- The complicity of the Moscow Ccmmunicts in the recent outrage in Bulgaria has been clrarlv established. There is a strong suspicion, moreover, that Bolshevist influences have helped to foster the present trouble i;. China.—“ Ot3gs> Daily