ROYAL SALUTE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19723, 14 December 1926, Page 9

ROYAL SALUTE

FOR BLATANT BOLSHEVIKS MR. COOK AT HOME BANQUETTED IN RUSSIA Discobd in soviet circles INTERNAL DISSENSIONS CONTINUE. •y Telerraph—Per Press Aaan.—Copyright. MOSCOW, Dec. 12. ' Mr A. J. Cook, described as “our dear guest” and “the most interesting and brilliant figure among British Labourites,” received a royal salute from the army and young pioneers, which comprise the Soviet Boy Scouts. He is guarded by special detectives and is accompanied by a corps of reporters, and is being plentifully banquetted. He recently declared: °ln return for Russian help we will prevent the Baldwin Government from interfering in Russian affairs.” No Bolshevik Concord. Concord in Soviet circles has apparently not been achieved by M. Trotsky’s and M. Zinovieff’s written recantations in October. The official newspaper ‘ Pravda’s’ 1 account of the meeting of the Communist Internationale Executive on Thursday shows that M. Trotsky went out of his way to describe the Soviets as an integral part of the world capitalist economies. M. Stalin, leader of the party, retorted that M. Trotsky and M. Zrnovieffj as well as oppositionists in France and Germany, had gone close to destroying the existing party. They had actually accomplished fusion with leading enemies of the proletariat. The “ Pravda” described M. Trotsky as a Commander of Reserves, ready at the first opportunity to lead the oppositionists in all countries, which is gross disloyalty and a rude breach of their promise to desist from such activities. HOOLIGANISM INCREASING POLICE BOUND UPS. FOURTEEN BANDITS SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL. RIGA, Dec. 12. Ab a sequel to the special methods employed to fight increasing hooliganism. the Soviet police organisation Ogpu has announced that 14 bandits have been shot without trial. Altogether the Ogpu has rounded up nine gangs concerned in 47 armed robberies in Moscow. CLEARING THE SPOILS CHURCH MATERIAL SENT TO ENGLAND. FRANCE NOT TRUSTED. LONDON, Dec. 12. The “Daily Mail” states that the Soviet is using Britain as a clearing house for the spoils of Bolshevik vandalism and desecration. A Russian steamer arrived at London from Leningrad and unloaded 200 tons of broken bronze, some remnants of church bells and organ pipes, which the Soviet authorities removed and broke up as the churches are no longer used for worship. The bronze was consigned to a French firm and was transhipped to Ix>ndon owing to fear of resentment at the French port if it were known that it came from Russia.