BOLSHEVISM.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1921, Page 3

BOLSHEVISM.

AN ENVOY’S REPORT.OF ASIATIC OPERATIONS. [BY TELEGRAPH —PER CHESS ASSOCIATION] “THE TIMES” SERVICE. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) - LONDON, February 4. Commissioner Kliawa reported to Bremen Bolshevik Conference on the oropaganda in Asia and particularly India. Hatred of England permeates the report. English soldiers at Baku are described as impudent mercenaries. He looks to the hour when Bolshevism will dispose of them. There will be millions of Asiatic fellow combatants. John Bull has already shown his teeth are powerless in a tight bridle. We will overthrow him in India. He expected the Maliomedans in Turkestan will adopt socialism. He believed with the outward appearance of adoption they would pay the part of bridge to India. Our network of agitation will gradually spread. To-day it stretches across to Afghanistan, thence to North India. At the Samarkand Congress in Fcb-

I <- ruary 1920, there were delegates not only from Afghanistan, Pamias, and Marava but from Inner India, and [ Ceylon. As a result of the Conference we established an active liason with ’. the whole of India and southern Per- | sia, facilitating direct intercourse with i Turkey, Arabia and Egypt. The Oon- . gross served as the foundation for a l Lea "tie of Eestern lil>eration controlling ’ Turkestan and sending emissaries to Mongolia Mahomedan, China, and Pun- , jab’. I In Samarkand we have the best 1 school for training propagandists, turnj ing out in the last nine months of the year 3500 instructors, including 930 , Hindus, 460 Tajiko, 130 Saras and Afghans. Chief attention was paid to Indian races. Only full converts were sent to India. Most valuable classes at Delhi and Benares were working splendidly under the eves of the Eng- , lishmcn. Delhi founded ) or 7 schools last year and by November there were

I 1900 active subscribing members and i £12.000 sterling was collected and regu- , larly monthly, subscriptions amount to I £150.000 sterling.