SOVIET RUSSIA.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1927, Page 3

SOVIET RUSSIA.

(Australian Press Association & Sun.)

SOVIET CHARGE. LONDON, Julv 28,

I he Daily News Moscow correspondent reports that M. Stalin (Soviet President), in a statement dealing with the international position, declared that the British Conservatives organised M. Voikoff’s murder at Warsaw, He said they planned that it should play tlie same part us the Seraevo murder, with the view of involving ing the Soviet in a war with Poland. ’lbis blow had failed because of the Soviet’s peacefulness, and because of General l’ilsudki tbo Polish President’s refusal to tight England's battles for her. Ho declared that the British Government was also subsidising counterrevolutionaries in the Ukraine, in Georgia, in Armenia, and in Azerbaijan. He said that terrorist spies also were ordered to dynamite bridges and set lire to factories. Britain was also terrorising the Soviet’s diplomats.

M. Stalin also bitterly attacked the British Labourites, especially Messrs

Lansbury and Maxton (Communist AL’sP.), whom he characterised as “worse than enemies,” because, be said, they had refused to understand that the execution of twenty Aristocrats in Russia was necessary owing to the revolution. The attitude of Messrs Lansbury and Maxton enabled Britain to organise further murders of Soviet Ainbasadors.

BRITISH ATTITUDK. LONDON. July 28. In the House of Commons, Mr P. Trevelyan (Labour) referred to a series of letters appearing in the French paper Iliininnite, alleging that Lord Crewe (British Minister to France) had offered British help to the Ukraine to overthrow the Bolshevik Government. He asked Sir Austen Chamberlain to reply. Sir Austen Chamberlain, in replying, said that there was not a word of truth in Tlumanite’s allegations. Referring to Russia .the Foreign Secretary said the British Government had no intention of pushing the differences any further. Trade might go on. The British Government would do nothing to interfere with it. Replying to further questions, the Foreign Secretary said that relations with Russia could not lie resumed oil the old footing, whereby the Russian Mission had interfered with British domestic affairs, hut it the Soviet Government ni ado an approach. then terms could he discussed.

A MAROONED RUSSIA. I.ON DON, July 28. The formation of “A League against tire enemies of world order,’ was mooted at a. •luncheon attends' by Lords Birkenhead, Buckminster and Burnham, Dean Inge and other iniluential people. Ihe speakers urged there was a* need for a 11011-party ornanisaion for the purpose of dot ending the two main supports of civilisation—namely, religion and property—from attacks from any quarter, and particularly from abroad. Lord Birkenhead emphasised that ho was not present in his .Ministerial capacity. Ho made wliat the “Morning Post” describes as “practically an appeal to Russia to return to the hold of civilised nations .observing the principles of commercial integrity, and leaving the world free to develop its own institutions.” He added that he was unable to conceive how those responsible for the policy of Russia could contemplate a future in which they would he marooned.