COMMUNISM.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1923, Page 3

COMMUNISM.

|)K( i. A RATH UN OF FAITH SYDNEY, duii,. 27. file Sidney l omniums!- who adroitlx manoeuvred tiie .-plil in the Labour movement in New South Wale- at the rei cut annual conference ot tbe Ratty j M Sydney to gain a virtual control, hive'not keen long in -eriondy cnibarrn—ing the more moderately inclined member- of the Labour Rally vbo allowed self interest to b-'UII.V them into what has I cell termed "the unholy alliance." By the elect inn of Mr Darden and other rcpi'e.-cii la t i ve- ot the {V.miiiunist Rarl v m such strength t , the executive of the parte as to give them a majority, the adoption ol the notorious ’Red Object ive’ which Labour moderates in t.lii- Slate had hitherto -n. -.-fully re-isied. and the (-hearing ~! the- wax by l lie alti-i at ion of the in!,.- for tlx- amalgamation of the two ot ~;i 11 i-aliens, it was common knowledge that Mr. Garden's boast, while mi an ofl'n in! vi-it to Moscow recently. that the ( mini were undermining tlm | al lii"-.ement in Australia, had

i,|-,,ugiii I" ju-1 ii'n-at ion more mi'11, | : v the , 11X i-ioll- W i ill iII 1 lie move--1,, lit itself than I v any detrimental hange of its members. The ('(inference

wa- agitated by naininl scenes in which -:, 1111■ int-mlo’i's. w 1 1 1 r uvn* m»t P*u‘tv t<> i'ii 1 m*r of 1 in* I;>< t ions. r«»M- up :in<! nia<h‘ |•;1 s»i 1111 all > t!< ■ 111111 <i a 1 l ( »ii - «* * "lull lli‘‘> t-> I," reallx’ :i ltision tietwceo (',,11111111-1- ami the Labour movement. In vain one member declared that be would light Conimuni-m till the last treat ii bail left hi- body. In ike mias<,f f;u *t iotl a I intrigue --ii(-li protests were -titled, -e, let ll nderst a ltd i tigs (V!'v;tiled. and the ‘*l nlioly Allianee w.l- an omplislied. Labour stalwarts have sought to dilute tli" affair with innocuoM? ri-pre-'oiitut ion- ot the ohje(tives of tla-ir new friends, but apoareiitlv it is no |iat’t ol the object ol these friends to he rendered innocuous by fair words, and during the past xveel; they have issued their own version ol their objective, and an unprecedented stir lias been mad.' in Labour circles lx the following [onion ~| this dneiin'leiit: "We believe that there can I," no improvement in the lives ol the worker* until they take the power into their own hands. The workers must |jr-f of all expropriate the big capitalists linnniT-r-, landowners, and iialtt--liinii-Ls. i’l'.i* snuill pnuMU’tv owners |if * v |e:m* nlnne mil ii their forees • 1,., ',t l onger. But all large property must be i-imlis-.-afcd at once will com oensat ion.. time to buy out tin caeitalist-. whose power is meuo.v. ■- ~„lv to leave 1 hem in power. The worker-' Government must nationalise tinbanks. It must take over all large industrial undertakings, mines am! snipping. It must declare all Dud and bouses |. 11b lie property.". Simtiltaneit i- nnuiiiinced Coat Mr. oii- - now a leading member d l»<‘ 1 nr and Cuminuni-.t I’artie- is reporting to ‘‘hcai'iqimrters" m Lus-ui , l,e formation of a Soviet Bm-eai, m -A duev of wl l ii-1 1 the secretary is i-ro-

ther Bolotnikolf. 'Pile "Svdnev Morning Ib'ia d. n at eunment on the imlu-tria o,!,gramme, points out that an official ,i u - 1,-e-t Commiini'i Congress llussia. aniioiim . d a staggering decline in production under Mate coni ml -coal production had decreased to on ■- Mvtl, of that Of 11)21. Ill' l "oleum to mu; lmlf onlv liffeii niotallurgual tiirn.u.s bad worked in all 1 ; ''l onlv 1.9 million textdc Lobln ,s v V ~,'kin"- against 12 millions belon B' I si,, vik Control. elmmical. lca.tm;r. ru>p'„ r sii'iir. ami paper industries bad lir| .;,,,s,M in ibo year by :\u per eem. Im-iee the vear bv 40 per cent, i 1 1 noil «i 1111 »*i 111 • ■