Moreover, by order of Moscow in 1925 Red Trade Unions were created in Japan as 2 counter to the already existing labour unions, which are headed by Nichiroto and Shokai Minshuto (Social demo-
These Red Trade Unions are called Hioghikai. They are powerful organizations supported by the Pro-intern, that is by Moscow, and in spite of the fact that head-quarters. are closed as well as their press organs, they continue to exist and to cause many disagreeable moments to the Japanese Government, The third gift presented to Japan by Moscow was the so-called "Federation of Revolutionary "Seinen Domai."* if we ity the name of this organization, we seo that it is nothing else than a variety of the "Communistic Youth Union" which is in Soviet Russia, This Federation according to statistical returns has more than 180,000 members and the whole predium of the organization were selected as honorary members in the Comintern of Youth. The chief of this organization is "our old friend," Katayama.
The National labour unions, which fare in existence in Japan, such Nichiroto and Shokai Minshuto have not interfered with the work of the radical parties, but when they saw that Japan might be transformed. into the U.SS.R, they declared that these left parties were acting under the leadership of Moscow, in reply to which the left parties have called them "the traitors of the labour close."
Japanese Communists have skilfully used every available possibility, for their work and it is not in vai that now the Soviet Press calls the Japanese Communist Party a powerfal organization, which will show ito power in due course.
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