SOVIET COMMENT.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1929, Page 6

SOVIET COMMENT.

QN COMAIGNS REBATE, i.

(United-Press Association—By

-, ' LONDON,. Novem her 20.

The Soviet newspaper. Pravada; coinmen ting' l on, the-'House: of; .Cqni 1110,11 s (lebate oil 'hheeptopaganda,.pledges ..in ~;fhe Aiigto-fjftißsihtorhihi'oif'iientr.jjsny? :—'life: Soviet Jis uttbiJy.hunable*. to vun/l,ei.takp. respomiihility for the world Communist parties of givJi^' 7 '.t!.: Britain of immunity from colonial uprisings against the British yoke. * The Russian press expresses the opinion that the resumption of AngloRussian diplomatic relations is merely a move in a chess game, and is perhaps only a preliminary to breaking off relations.

The paper Pravada’s disclaimer has increased Parliamentary lobby suspicious that the Anglo-Soviet discussions are not as='conclusive .as the Government’s first pledge promsjed. , There is anxiety, even in official circles as to whether, once Ambassadors are exchange!],,'.the. Soviet will: bepabto. Seriously tyv'checksthe iCohinnipifjt Inter.national's disruptive activities hi-.the Dominions'.!.' AVelli..informed .people- assert tliijtt ‘there- is-.- ample-evidence;., of this, aihd itliat.’ perhaps j New- Zealand will be !the toast affected. i • This is only one of the Government’s anxieties. It is harrassed by its hack-: bencher!?, who complain that the dole increases are niggardly. Its other critics point out what Air Snowden sa!v-« ed at the Hague, lie lias given away over again in the social allowances. Furthermore,'the coal 'legislation;'plus the problems of India, Egypt, and Iraq are causing members of tlie Cabinet a tot of thinking.