Soviet Menace

NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 6

Soviet Menace

' TN spi.tq, of . the repeated attempts • „of the Soviet to undermine ; , British, influence, with 1 widespread j 'jßed"': propaganda, New ; Zealand • lias .r'enidinecl comparatively free 'I from the insidious germ of revo- ' ■j lut'ibnarj' unrest. , j 'This is 'due to nnany factors, but pally the country owes its i freedom from Soviet contamination ' to 'the good sense of its citizens. I In this' respect the Labor. Party is I 'tpVb'e? commended for ostracising ■ tKe -"Red" -elements that have from I time .to time sought to assert j their' power m "Labor councils. . : JBut altho.ii^h New Zealand sees •little eyidencie of Soviet activity, the germ of its insidious force is working m our- midst, as evidenced • by the, seizure by the Wellington ; police recently of, "Red" propaganda ;in the city. • While it <is extremely unlikely that Soyiet influence will ever prove* a dangerous factor" m this counti ; y; : the public - ' . w/Dlild. do well ;t6\l.remember that' the germ is present m the body politic and social, arid efforts must not be relaxed m purging it from \the National system once and for ' all. .•■■!.■