BRITISH COAL STRIKE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 30502, 24 June 1926, Page 4

BRITISH COAL STRIKE.

THU COMMUNIST PARTY’S OBJECTIVE Wli-.il is appearing in tho Press will) reference lo I lie money wliich is being .sent I'min Russia oxtensilily lo assist lln* British Miners, will justify the Welfare League in repealing the information il has published before on the Workers' wage conditions iii Soviet Russia and the designs of the Communist Tnlevnalional. Speaking at Abbeywood on 4lh June, Mr. A. J. Cook, the Miners Secretary, said: — “Thank (Sod for Russia! Last week I received a cheque for £27O,DUD from Russia. To-day the co-operative societies of Russia sent £-10,000 and the Central Russian Union .070,000 —nearly .0-100,-1)0(1 from Russia." The ipteslion is, did that £400,(ittt) come fiom free workers’ Unions ami Co-operatives or is it part of the great fund allotted by the Third International towards creating revolution in Great Britain? - RUSSIAN WORKERS' CONDITIONS. Are the Russian miners and other workers there so well oIT as lo bo able to send these funds'? In 102-1 tin' International Labour olliice of the League of Nations published a comprehensive report on Soviet Russia which contains the following passages;--“The average wage paid in Stale industry during the second half of 102:1 wits not more than an per cent, of the pre-war average which itself was very low. Yet these wages are still too heavy a burden on Stall 1 industry, and the Government has taken -lop- in prevent further increases and to keep ’hem at the level reached at the be(inniug of |i)2fl.’’ The British Labour delegation which visited Russia (and was most sympathetic to its Goveru--ment) reported mining wages as >2.1 per cent, of pre-war rates, whilst il gave I lie per rentage over ill industries as (i.S.ii. Il also reported the total unemployed on Apt il Ist, 1 !)2-l. as 1,-l<i!Ul<l(>. The statements show that the workers of Russia are drawing very murk lower wages than those of ••re-war days (when the wage, rales were “very low."). How min such poverty stricken workers send large sums to the British minds unless it is not their own money that is being sent ! The explanation is that - the Labour Unions in Soviet .Russia are not fire Assoeia-tions of individuals, hut agencies of the (iovernment which again is the instrument of ilie Communist Party and the Third international. ACAINST- BRITAIN'S BULWARKS. In i!)21 Lenin and Trotsky in their published instruct inns from Russia stated that in overthrowing 'lie Capitalist Stales |lie British Empire was their lirst objective, fiiis policy lias been steadily maintained.

11l 1 lII* Kirill (.'llllgl'CSS III" tllO I'liiii! Inifinalicnui 1. 1‘)24, held at .Moscow, I hit in os I conspicuous feature wus llu* ntlcnlioii which il paid to revolutionary work in ihe Brilish Umpire. Ziimviolf proclaimed, -The most important seeiiitn of iln* Communist Inlerunlion•il, I'iiiin Ihe poliiicnl j mint of view, is nol ihe Herman or ihe Rnssiun, oul Ihe Kuglish one. The nuiin task. is now being I raiisl'ccrcd In England." Tin* (’oininiiiiisl Party drew up n programme which wus sulnnilied 10 ihe n'oovc Congress ;iiol published in ihe ‘‘('oiiiiuunisl Review.” l! says: "The ('oniniunisl Parly of Biilain regards the niiiinlennnce of ihe Brilish Empire ns mi uel of deadly enmity lo ihe workers of Brilnin, and the whole world." This liolshevisi power, presents ils indiislrinl ninis ns “ihe stoppage of nil elnss peace nnd eol In horn I ion •ind Io niuke ihe workers' organisalioiis lighting battalions."

Il is no wonder llinl uicnihers of 'lie Brilish House of (’ominous nre disturbed over whul is Inking plncc. They see ihe Mining Industry ill a standstill, over n million men oul of •voile nnd large sums of money being scut from Russia lo secure eoniinnod nnd extended wnrfnre. Mr. ('ook, who described himself ns “n iinmlile deciple of Benin." will, of course, irerive money from such il soulee gladly. The lime musi sure- '\ come. Imwever, when Brilnin will hove si nod enough of openlv expressed huired ;ilid coverl designs against .her pence end welfnre nnd will Bike drastic action lo check the attacks id' hidden foes who seek ihe X.ulioii and Empire's downfnll. (Coiilrilmled by I lie Xew Zealand . Welfnre League.)