SOVIET CONSPIRACY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 1 December 1927, Page 9

SOVIET CONSPIRACY

TO BOLSHEVISE ASIA. DESIGNS ON DUTCH INDIES. London, Nov. 30. Sir Percival Phillips, m an article in the “Daily Mail,” declares that the Soviet’s conspiracy to Bolshevise Asia includes a resolute attack on the security of the Dutch Indies. The surrender of Java and Sumatra to Bolshevism would tremendously affect the Eastern mind and supply an important strategic base tor a campaign against the Empire.

Alter reviewing the operations of a Dutch Communist, Sneevliet, and a native Communist, Samaoen, which resulted in strikes and armed outbreaks in 1926-7. the latter ending with three executions and many imprisonments and deportations' Sir Perciva] Phillips discloses that Dachlan, a native medical student and Samaoen’s successor, described a plan for seizing Batavia nnd establishing a reign of terror and killing officials A recent rising in Bandoeng was farcically futile. Secrecy is now superseding open tactics, which failed owing to the unexpected energy of the Dutch authorities. The Bolsheviks are exploiting propagandist avenues in Holland. Mecca end Chinn. Some success has been achieved in Java, and more in Samahaya.

’Hie Indonesian National partv has heen formed in Bandoeng in order to throw off Dutch rale. A kindred body is the League to Combat Imperialism. This had headquarters in Paris. Mr. Fenner Brockway. M.P.. is a member of this league and was appointed to a deputation to visit Java to inquire into alleged Dutch persecutions of natives. Mr. T I, Mardy-Jones is a member of the Mecca activities, led by Ibn Saud, to deport numbers of Dutch and Indian Communists.—Sydney “Sun” vahle.)