MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

*n«Ut»T,XAN AND N. 7.. CAIH.E ASSOCIATION. SOVIET AND LABOR. (Received thiß day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, June 18. Delegates representing organisations attached to the Second International, are holding a conference in London. Thev include J. Thomas, Ramsay McDonald, Thorne, Jewett, Gosling, with delegates from Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden, Holland, and Germany. Mr Henderson presiding, said the unity of the industrial forces of workers wns tlirentoned ky tlic. red trades union international. The difference between British Labour and Russian communism was the difference between democracy and dictatorship. 'I he Communists despised free speech, free press, free elections. British labour would always resist such an attack upon popular liberty. British labour was not optimistic about the Hague Conference, especially as the political commission of the Conference expected to establish European pence on a firm basis, without a change of the existing treaties. The greatest need at the present time was unity amongst the working classes, yet never were the workers more divided. With the present divisions they would never be important as an international force. Mr Ramsay McDonald denounced the methods of ‘the Soviet Government. Not satisfied with denying freedom of Speech, and thought, the Soviet was conducting the trial of opponents in a manner arousing the indignation of all tvlio believed in social and political freedom. . , . ... A resolution was carried protesting against the methods of the Russian Soviet.

ROME, June 18.

The Pope lias written to Tcliitcherin protesting against the imprisonment of Russian bishops and offering to mi\ church treasures from the Soviet.

INTERNAL (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) DELHI, Juno 17

Colonel Etherton (Consul General ut Kashgar) interviewed, eri route to England said he was satisfied regarding the attitude of the Chinese towards Bolshevism, and that apart from fWe, there was little likelihood of the Soviet gaining ground in Chinese Turkestan, for the whole of Central Asia now realises the meaning of Bolshevik domination. In Western Mongolia lying within Kashgar consulate area, Mongols are in revolt, aiming at complete separa--4 tion from China and the establishment independent kingdoms. At present Mongolian events have no appearance of being a direct menace to India, but remembering tlio Mongols threat t° Europe and Asia in tbe past, wo are unable to foretell the future with any certainty. EGYPT’S LA SCABS DENIAL. DELHI, June 17. One hundred Lascars stewards of the Egypt’s crew have arrived at Bombay. They emphatically deny that they fought with knives and revolvers tc enter the boats. They admit that when the passengers were taking to the boats some of the crew entered too. They de- * clare they had no revolvers. POLISH PREMIER’S INHERITANCE WARSAW, June 18. Pilsudski hns inherited seven millions sterling from ft relative, who emigrate! to America years ago and became heat ( ,j> n building enterprise..