AREAL MENACE.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1923, Page 4

AREAL MENACE.

HEVOI.I'TIOXAI!V MOVEMENT.

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WKI.UNOTOX, All-.

Ai the Notary t'luli luncheon vcslenliiv, Mr A. Harper delivered an address on the results of inquiries he had made dni'iiii; his visit to ic .itJ:ritaill iveenlly into the activities of i i-volnt ioiiary societies and indiviuuah.

Mr Harper soid that he had n,,t | i; „[ ;i- mill'll iline t" In would have lilcnl in make invesiium ions, but by ns i,| v."" I ini ri ill net. ions he ‘mm Ink'll Ml II pasitioa in obtain information. lie <alh(l all movements Miljv.'i'-ivi' t'i modern civilisation "reed m iuiia ry. Hi' information came iriiiii men v.D knew what ihc\' were (;.||.;ina all .nil, mill Ku."iiins, Amorimill (•;11<;Ii^ 1 ,1111-'i! nil agreed upon i!i, v .. heads: -.1; A revolutionary liten-,-xls-ti'i! : (- machinery ami int'iiieil tn Hint cinl : n'i) i in- nbic -t i vi- was 111 ann I is! i every religion iiinl abolish (luvornmciit s, bit rioas cinris were necessary to combat •m---evil in the interests M civilisation, tili/.eiis were slow to sn-|ieel ami looli un-.ler tlee surface lor any revolutionary menuee, ami were mostly mo bu-y with their personal ali'air a tlie object ives referred to were si run tile .supported mi one country or the other. Almost every bin 'trike could be traced to soiim e.ml nil el'eailisa'.ion. There were e;rcM iii'jaiuis 11unis inter-I'.a-Kiuo ami emit ruil;m 4 pnhlie a-so-eiatioiis Midi I.nhour unions, tli I. WAV.. Insli. 1 11< 1 1 an. ami I'l-Jiy |>lia;i national uiiiveiuenl aretul invest! - yatiiiii Hail prnvi’d that men prontmeu' in .secret subversive -oeietie- were also on the executives of the movements Hit'll! iotted, will] hidden powers behind eontrnliino ami direel iim their policy in tlie direction of revolutionary obje; is, with tile hiimbtl" <> f tlie "open iliploma'-y'' try. The movements referred to make their objectives ‘he abolition of exist inn cnislitutions. the abolition of private ownership, aniline abolition of existing; religions. Some-

lillies Dili* lllltl sometimes another 111 thi'-i' :'ims wa* pinned in (lie forefront, !iiit ii'\i;ivs i.ri!- ul iho three. t!*--•■uilis had followed, in 1 1 lit! ill l£ revolu--1 itiiisi r_\ mubreaks. murders of prominent inmi. sabotnne anil ici iviisui. strikt'-'. class war. industrial unrest, iiiul mystical association. ,\ close c.\- ;> in inn t ion hail proved a marked similarity in nictiiods in every country w'here they were nimiilested. many el' the same men I cine prominent in each. The idea was first to attack the Biiti-h Empire, on the pretence that it was the bulwark of capitalism, aml then to concentrate in a e oiipaiiil! a.eainst the (Tiite.i States, and coincident villi that wa- to lie a uencr. I cmi aipii in other parts of the civilised world. I’eeent railway, coal am! other hie stlikes in I'.iielrind and Ameli a had been deliuitely traced to ’Moscow. .Many orpinisatimis existed in ilitl'ereut forms villi the same aims in vie'., often camoiilln.mol in ditl'cront ways, hut llime was ample proof of their inter lorkiiiii system of direetion; they east nets of different patterns to catch M:o nnvaty, anil so Imip a; one or •mother of them weie enmeshed they did not mind. lie had evidence of three or lour visim to New Zealand of emissaries from the very inner circles ol foreic'it secret revolutionary I oilies. They were leceived into the lies! social cin !c- and into leadiiu! clnhs here, showing; hue. well their plans were prepared. Their

eii” object was t '■ > sow discontent nr the seeds of discord and doubt in political, industrial, social, and religious circle.-., and to < attsot general uneasiness and (|Uc-i ioniiio% every l .’here by met bods (arefnlly planned. They did SO by “peaceful penetration.'' and lbe n;nture of existintr societies, especially those connected with labour co-opera-tive. and benevolent su ieties. ;t vajjite subversive perineal ten lev propa.'anna into universities, Utoilers' and (i'll servile associations. and the establishment ot Socialist Sunday lion!-:, t 1 ■ object brine to impress the minds oi Hie ytuinp; nilli the idea that th.- o’.v"-

throw of ill l existins' order wa- inevit able mid natural. then there was the open, tin propiieiimlti amongst workers. roinl.iiird with i! i■ ■ •'.-■•it •pedal” t,n establish entilidem e at any I : iff mid oniii political |m\v« , r. Hut soft j>.hltt 1 in.lw'itlistaiiiliiiff. their tvvnlui ir:i ; trv objective im-il unaltered. and ctiuld In■ exercised alter Ibev •tail uni lied power. Vel all this polity was dictated front franl*fori of A'nsimv ! Ife 11noli-i! three clauses Inmi tln> Tiiirtl luu'i'itiiiioiiit! pint form: ■ ■•They tit list create oij'anisatnin.s r<-:i> ly to I'ullil revolutionary duties. \\ orl;prs pi list ho converted by penetration unions and MJC-ial nroenisation'. Uadical Parliamentary pnrties niu-tl he pnroed cl’ doubt till elements. Any methods, if necessary chit tttiery and doteit. must, lie used to Ittrllter these. Air 11 it rj kt tiffied that methods must he organised to combat l!te evil-, he had referred to, and oat c a wealth of detail he had collected to show how real was the evil and how widespread the ramifications ol the movement lie condemned. lie contended that the existin'.' quiet was only temporary, heeatise ti suited the political hook ol the revolutionists. who comprised amonest their leaders fatuities and ambitions men. In the interests of true civilisation lie 11reed ( c.ii'idorniinii 1 me seriousness of Lite menace.