Comment on What It Is Doing and Whether It Is to Go on Fanetioning: The Case for Winding Up During the past few days'a good ea} has been heard in conversation and otherivise about the affairs of the Constitutional Defence League. After a good deal of what might be called, paradoxically, sub rosa publicity amd a period of undoubted activity, it seems to have fallen on evil days; and questions are asked whether the C.D. 1, is still functioning, or if not, what steps, if any, are being taken' to wind it up. Some letters have reached us, but these for various reasons we preferred not to publish, making our own inquiries, There possibly are many who know little regarding the origin and objects of the Constitutional Defence League. It came into being in December, 1925, and was formed by Shanghai residents, principally merchants. Its principles and policy as set out in its Constitution are inter alia:
"To organize and promote international and universal opposi-ion to the propagation of the theories and principles of the Third Internationale and to the practice and policy of communism associated therewith, "To' defend and uphold consstitutional conditions of progress in contradistinction to subversive, reactionary and revolutionary methods practised by com-
Persons, firms and_ corporations irrespective of nationality could subscribe to the funds of the League and original members, consisting of the representatives elected by the promoters of the: "League, formed the general committee.
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