RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA BEGUN IN BRITAIN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 3 January 1930, Page 1

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA BEGUN IN BRITAIN.

BREACH OF FAITH ALLEGED BY “ THE TIMES." (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, January 2. “ The Government has not had to wait long to test the Soviet Government’s good faith,” says “ The Times,” drawing attention to a flagrant piece of Bolshevist propaganda, namely, the publication by the “Daily Worker” of a message from the Pxesidium of the Communist International, in which thfc 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 Fascist Labour Government.” “ The Times ” emphasises the point 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, btit in the circumstances it becomes far more, important. It recalls that both Mr Ramsay MacDonald and Mr Philip Snowden have admitted the close relationship that exists between the Soviet Government and the Communist International. “ If, therefore,” the paper continues, “ the Communist International consists of persons under the direct cr 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’s propaganda. It is now his turn to act, and with a directness that shall prevent all possibility of misunderstanding in Motcow.”—Times Cable.