Outward Unity and Inward Di us in Labour's Ranks of Moscow, Mr. Purcell proved himself to be the most telling advocate. The motion, however, was strongly opposed by some of the older British trade unionists.
Messrs. Thorne Frost Ock Lanour Connesroxmest Manchester, Sept, 10, Three timer-a year the political Labour movement in Great Britain, gets a unique advertisement. It consists of the press attention given to the annual conferences of the Independent Labour Party, the Labour Party, and the Trades Unions. Och of: these gatherings is the occasion of an outpouring of special articles, editorials, and Labour biographies in the' new: papers of every political party. Neither of the older political parties has such an incomparable publicity asset, and no one seems able to give any satisfactory explanation of why! the pross of the Conservative and Liberal parties so freely advertises the wares of its political opponents, ined in organi and extending the powers of trades councils. It was evident that he saw the the nucleus of a Soviet system. His activities had tle success. The trade uni sts who saw the motive fought shy of it, and those-who did not comprehen! the ultimate intention were puzzled that such an able man should waste is time on one of the most dead-alive manifesto us of Labour organization, Why 1,000, 000 Unemployed?
Mr, Purcell in his opening address said that it was for Labour to capture every legislative and ad~ ministrative position leaving what we do want and have no use for' to the other parties." "Mistakes,"
The most depressing of the three he continued, conferences is that of the L, P.|The mistake or the "My country always wrong"|to make is "there have been. we ought the mistake of be-
Party, They would solve every. fculty of Empire by "withdrawing." Their opinion of every Briton abroad in that he is_an "oppresser" or "ex-plaiter" or both, The most of the rank and file f the Party the two! terms are synonymous. The Labour timid and too anxious to win the smiles of those who ink: they bel long to the superior classes." (Jimmie Thomas will get his own back for that who comes home from South delegate commented to ussd, showered on. the agitators Mann' Jand Larkin during their recent visi to Russia.
However clever they may be' in Jdcaling with Russians or Asiatic peoples, there can be no two opin-fons of the clumsiness of Russian propaganda in Great Bi Mr. Sim Larkin's recent elevation to 1 high position of one of the 21 rulers lof tke world has done more here to fiseredit and make ridievlous the Soviet Republic than all the frothy ravings of our crapulous Sunday press. The result of the debate was inconclusive, the delegates de-folding t9 pass on to the next business.
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