LABOR'S VOICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1920, Page 8

LABOR'S VOICE.

INFLUENCE AGAINST AVAR. ATTITUDE TOWARDS RUSSIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, August 14. The newspapers are vigorously discussing the Labor Conference's attitude in the direction of precipitating direct action. Many scout the Labor plea of urgency, pointing out that Mr. Lloyd George was previously pledged not to give military assistance to Poland and not to employ the blockade if the Bolsheviks were prepared to make a fair peace in re»pect to Polish independence. Labor, therefore, is incongruously threatening to strike In support of the Government policy. » Some newspapers describe the excited action of the Conference as, in the main, an electioneering move, hence the support of Messrs. Adamson, Glynes, o'Grad,y and Thomas' and others. They note that what is called the "Council of Action" includes Messrs. Smillie, Williams, Cramp, .and other avowed sympathisers with Bolshevism, who, it is believed, are now regularly in contact with the Moscow Government through the Kameneff Mission. They fear the direct actionists- may become a serious menace if distress and severe industrial trouble arise in tho coming winter. The Westminster Gazette believes that the conference reflects a growing dislike of the old diplomacy and' Parliamentary inertia and the failure of statesmen to secure peace. The Times does not doubt that astute aliens, essentially anti-British, instigated the recent Labor developments in Britain.—United Service.

London, August 1? Mr. Hyndma'n, addressing the National Socialist Party, said he did not believe in direct action, because those who neglected to go to the ballot would not,go to the barricade.—Times Service.