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"LORD GREY ON BOLSHEVIK POLICY.
WHY WORLD REVOLUTION WILL FAIL.
LEAVE RUSSIA · ALONE.
A searching analysis of the Soviet policy of world revolution was made, and the reasons for which it must be considered, fail wete given by Viscount Grey of Falledon, addressing members of the Aldwych Club at luncheon at the Connaught
Rooms.
Moscow, Lord Grey said, differed from every other country in the world in pursuing a policy of world
the step which the Government took in breaking off relations presented an interesting problem about which we abould like to know more. Early in the year, when there was debate in the House of Lords, the Government had a perfectly over- whelming case for bracking with the Soviet. When things could neither be cured nor endured one
had to pretend. That, he thought, was, what the Government
was
revolution, and interfering with the affairs of other nations. That policy was bound to fail in Britain, where doing up to the time of the Arces personal liberty had been enjoyed ‡raid. for centuries, and where Parlia mentaryGovernment had its root deep in the life of the people.
Regarding the wisdom of breaking off relations with Russia, Lord Grey said that it was very difficult to give
Provoking a Rapture. "That step," "observed Lord
· Grey,—-was-not-intended-by-our- Government to be a prelude to war. I am sure that it cannot be so, be cause there is no means of going
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
[ORDERS BY LT..COL. L. G. BIRD, D.3.0. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT. ]
No. 237. 1.—Parsdes. -
No parades will be held at Volunteer Hendquarters during the All arms month of August, 1997. are required for the annual over- haul.
2-Menntad Infantry Company. Parade at Stables at 5.30 p.m. en Tuesday, August 2nd. Dress: Mufti. 3.-Armoured Car Company. See Order No. 1 of to-day's date.
4.-Portuguesa Company. Friday, July 29th, 1994. All men- bers who have not passed Tests 1.10 ters at 5.30 p.m. Dress: Mufti. 4. parade-at-Volunteer Headquar- 5-Orders for Stores and Repairs.
The attention of all concerned is drawn to the fact that no member of the Corps is entitled to give arders to any firm or shop, for goods. or repairs, connected with the Corps, or otherwise, unless such an order is signed by the Adjutant. It this procedure is not adopted the individual gives the order at his own liability and there can be guarantee that the expenditure will be met out of Corps funds.
6.-Arms.
Many members of the Corps are at present Keeping their rides and bayonets in their own possession. This practice is contrary to Regula tions.
a final opinion, but "undoubtedly to war with the Soviet Government, the British Government had an over-which has no means of going to. whelming case for what they did." war with us. But in Russin the For the future, however, be had no Soviet Government is using the doubts that the essential for the re- rupture to impress the people, with suming of negotiations should be the notion that Great Britain does rifles when not in use must be kept that the policy of world revolution intend to make war upon them.at Corps or Platoon Headquarters.
A
Members are reminded that all
is professedly and practically aban-There are signs that the Russian Those members of the Corps now doned."
| people are getting a little tired of in possession of rifies and bayonets
the energies of their Government must return them immediately. POLICY FOR THE FUTURE being directed-to-a-policy-of-world-Promotions and Appointments.
revolution. If the Soviet Government take effect from July The following promotions and ap- Viscount Grey, who was intro-ment could persuade them they are 28th, 1927-
going to be attacked it would begin duced by Sir Charles Wakefield as "loyal and unselfish servant of
to cicato a national feeling, which it would endeavour to strengthen the Empire" outlined the reasOBS
by making out that the Soviet Gor." which, he declared, would inevitably bring about the failure of the Rus-ernment is the real national party which is defending Russian in- sian policy of world revolution, es- pecially in this country. "In the terests. It is because of this ase which is being made of the rupture first place," he said, "to" upset an
that I sometimes wonder whether the d democracy like ours, where per Soviet Government itself was not sonal liberty and Parliamentary re- presentative government. have been rather anxious to provoke the rup
established for centuries, is a very different thing from upsetting the Liberal régime of Kercasky, which had not got its roots into the coun- try.
ture."
Armoured Car Company. No. 138 Corp. W. H.-C. Robson
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8.-Transfer.
Artillery. Company, is permitted to No. 830 Gauber H. R. Remington, transfer to the Reserve Company, as from July 21st, 1927, 9.-Leave.
No. 245 C.Q.M.S. E. G. Stewart, Infantry Company, is granted leave of absence from the Corps, from July 28th, 1927, to August 8th,
1927.
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Regarding our policy in the future, Lord Grey urged that it should be, as far as "the internal affairs of Russia were concerned, to leave the Soviet absolutely alone. "I. be. Breaking Down in China,
lieve," be re-remarked, "that the "The policy of world revolution will fail because it is anti-national policy of trying to keep up a Eure- That is why it was breaking down in pean common front against the China. It is interesting to observe Soviet is an entire mistake. Every to Corps Order No. 287 of July 28th,
country should deal with Commu-1927, issued by the Commandant, Ox New Yo what has taken place in China as
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Tegurds the relations between the cism within its own frontiers and Corps. Firms in the past have Chinese Nationalists and the Rus with Communist propaganda in any accepted orders from members of the Corps which have not been I was a great backed by the Adjutant, will they sians. The agents of the Soviet way it thinks ft. Government plunged into the re-stake, when the Armistice was please note that under these condi. volution in China with the object concluded in 1918, that European tion they have no cisim on the countries did not leave Russia ab- Corps for payment out of public of establishing Communism. But
funda. solutely alone. There are people I. A. Wolr-MURRAY, Major," the movement in China is a great
who said that it was a mistake to national movement, reflecting a
Hong Kong, July 20th, 1927.-.- great national spirit; and the Chi-break with Russia the other day. nese found out that the influence There is a good deal to be said on of the Soviet Government in China both sides, but the thing has been has been used, not for Chinese done, and I hope no British Gov. Nationalism, but for the purposes of crament, of whatever party, will resume relations on any footing that the Soviet Government. Even the
are not genuine and sincere. The essential for the resuming of rela-
Nationalists are beginning to see that the influence of Moscow is in- convenient, because it cares nothing
tions with Moscow should be that
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"The world supplies, and my strong advice to New Zealand is to grow every tree it can." This warning was roiced me MR. R. Streets, one of the
men
most prominent."timber
of California, who was a passenger in the Aorangi from Sydney. Mr. Streets, who is interested in red- wood, has just completed a busi- ness and pleasure tour of South Africa and Australia.
for Chinese Nationalism, only for the policy of world revolution should America indefinitely for its timber be professedly and practically aban- Russian Communism."
doned by a Government pursuing, Another reason why Communism in profession and practice, Bussian would fail in Britain was that it national aims, and interests. Let was essentally anti-economie, and
that be the primary condition of any was bound to cause great poverty resumption of diplomatic relations and distress. In Russia more than with Russia, because unless that 80 per cent, of the population were condition is clearly understood and peasants. The Bolsheviks bad tried secured; the relations which any to apply Communism to the pen Government may try to re-estab- sants, and had failed One "ould fish with the Soviet Government at play tricks with economies on a Moscow are bound to end in decep- small percentage of the population tion, disappointment, and failure.” for a short time. The impression we had got was that the economics of Bolshevism had been disastious.”
ed,
It is not generally known that timber as it exports," stated Mr. to-day America" imports as much Streets." In the past the large forests have been mined, and not cropped. By this I mean no pro- vision has been made for the future
the way
of reafforestation. in Pioneers have pushed ahead into new country and have been intent only on cutting out as much of the timber as they could."
Asked if he thought there would Streets said such a state of affairs be a world shortage af timber, Mr.
would not come about in our time. If, however, something were not forests being cut away, a shortage done on a large scale to replace the
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Viscount Grey concluded by pay ing a warm tribute to the Press, For several years past reading with "Bolshevism," Lord Grey declar his own eyes had been so laborious "will fail because it is run to and difficult that he had been unable a great extent by fanatics. Belshe- to read anything in extense, and it vik fantaticism is not religious but had made him aware of one great anti-religious, wishing to destroy all acrit of the English Press--the ad religion. Any thing which proposce mirable way in which, in a short to scrap the pasty and say that re- compass, a man suffering from the
When two Indiaas met each other Constructions ligious movements count for nothing, disability under which he suffered would come eventually. He added: at No. 9, Tin Lok Lane, they started Dairy Farma. or that the old ideas of morality could keep in touch with all the
The Americna Government is an argument. Heated words passed Der & Wings are to be superseded and go-any most important things that were greatly interested in the timber between them and Gulah Shah, the H.K. Electrica
question, and there is a
gradual
more aggressive of the two, raised Macao Electrics movement which is working on these going on in the world. It was no movement to conserve the forests his stick and started to belaboured H.K. | lines is working to deprive bumanity mean intellectual feat for it to give In the meanwhile, the timber is bebis vied-vie,
of-something which it will always summaries and short articles which cut out faster than it is grow- crave and to which it will always omitted everything which is unim-amount of rice, there is a large aspire. In that way it is bound to portant, and which, at the same Mr. Streets was impressed with time, gave the maximum of what is the work being done by the State Turning to the problems of the important. It had been brought forest services both in South Africa and in Australia. The Australian relationship of the outside work home to him what a great work was authorities realized the need for with Moscow, Lord Grey said that being done by the Press.
reafforestation:
fail."
whate." "
K. Bopes (old). Day (now) Lane Crawforda. Mahomed Din, who came out second best laid his complaints be-Mackinto fore Major C. Willson yesterday United Asbestos morning at the Central Magistracy, Watsons (ok). and Gulab Shah was fined 5.
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