THE RED MENACE.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 156, 28 October 1926, Page 1

THE RED MENACE.

The Soviet menace to India lias not 1 been overlooked by the Indian an- j thoritiies, writes Lieutenant-General Siir George MacMunn, in a London ( journal. But it is desirable that the j ! public itself should be keenly alive to the un tiding and bitter attempts of s the Soviets to destroy tfle British bulwark which stands between the world • and ruin. - j trembly complicated. Even at best we have this neighbour in th e throes of j * poetical change, eriauuvouring to be- j come a Power on modern lines, with an ambitious ruler. That alone, with the mutest is th e Moslem world, is k problem enough for an Indian Gov- ! f eminent with its hands full and with , a revenue for many thlings beteides ! defence. i \ But on tup of this is Soviet- Russia J and its offspring, Asiatic Soviets on ! the Afghan border. Imperial Russia ' could and did to some extent obey the j world rules of diplomacy and did her- ; , self react to ordinary political pres- | sure; Soviet Russia does not. ' Apart from Afghan-Bolsiievik hostilities, moreover, the- spread of Bolshevik poison is an immediate danger coming as it does to the atmosphere of tlie murder cult of Bengal add " such mentalities as you find in the ; Bhabber Akali movement and sim’ilaV s activities In. tin* norm, with the \Yhder currents of sour hatred which „ have existed in a certain itype of i j Asiatic mind ever Sjindfei fata called 3 U 8 to India.