Tom Walsh on Russian Endeavour to Struggle British Trade London, June 28. alleged Moscow plot to strangle the transport communteations of the British Empire is revealed in a letter published by the "Daily Mail" from Tom Walsh, ¢he Australian Labour leader, to Mr. Havelock Wilson, the British seamen's leader, dated May 19, Mr, Walsh is the husband of Adela Pankhurst. He was formerly an extremist but severed his con nection with the Labour extremists owing to the gravity of the situa. tion created by the Communists at Australian ports.
The letter declares that an International Seamen's Club was recently founded at Sydney, financed by Moscow. Emissaries of the Club are working among the crews of British ships. The letter quotes what the writer describes as a Soviet Russia order issued in Australia, declaring: "The political terests of the Soviet would at present be best served if the transport communications of Great Britain could be disrupted."
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