SOLDIERS' UNION

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10277, 12 May 1919, Page 5

SOLDIERS' UNION

ARMY AND NAVY PROPAGANDA

'ijsdlf EMENT TOJaMiSE" DUTY,

Australian and N.2. Cabfe Association. ' LONDON, May 9.

Agitators are endeavouring to incite ■■ .the,,troops, who-..enlisted under the i)ei'by Recruiting Scheme to. refuse , ,<krty.-after-the litlv, on- the ground ~ are entitled, imder the terms of• enlistment, 'to be discharged sis months after the cessation of hostile, ties, though this interpretation is pffi- , , ciatly disputed. Leaflets' have' 'Been t widely distributed in" tlie depots ; and also.oh the naval ' stations. ' Pdlieo raids at a number,,of .private,"houses . ( resulted"in f'iie seizure of literature. ' The police also raided the offices of the ' "'Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen's Union. According to the "Daily Mail;," a conspiracy, having for its object a-mu-tiny in the British Fleet and that sol- , dlers'should demobilise themselves, lias been discovered in .England. A REVOLUTION PROPOSED. .'■* : , 'S'(Received May 11, 5.5 p.nu) LONDON May .9. ;• It transpires.that the Soldiers' Union | which _was i>lanning Sunday's--mutiny was distributing propaganda amon^s t t the troops, declaring:—"You can start a British" revolution, which, once started,"rnll never be" stamped out. * Tlia j Rueswn revolution placed the Russian' workers in control of the army and | navy. ;Why not have revolution" of cir Jorya. ' aa& get control of 'oui-'ofl a"' country ?" Leaders advocated bombing ' Buckingham Palace and deposing tho "King?" 'Mirny' soldiers who joined «itli a." view 1 to accelerating demobilisation resigned on. learning the real intentions of the" union.