The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-13
BRITISH union
LEADERS FLAY
YELLOW PRESS
Denounce Lying About
Russian Visit
lspeeIaI 70 The paIIy worksrl

LONE ON, Dec. %. (By
Mail. 1.-The capitalist press of
this country continues to ham,
mer the British trade union
delegation that has recently re-
turned from an official visit to
Russia.
The delegates are enthusiast
tic in their praises of the accom-
plishments of the workers and
peasants government and Bit
ter in their denunciation of the
lying c mpaig n conducted
against them by the yellow So
cialist press of this continent.
A. A. Purcell, chairman Of the dele
cation, denounced the Manchester
Guardian, favored among American
liberals, the Daily Mail, Daily News
Vorwarts and Het Volk for their cam
paign of SANDER and lies.
when we had a reception it was
fake; when he had no one to meet
us it was also a fake And when
we did not say anything well-why
didn't we?" declared Purcell.
Yellow Socialist Press.
THE German and British press
capitalist and socialist alike" said
Purcell, ''vie with each other in dis
torting the delegations speeches.
Then they followed it up, in quite a
dozen instances, by asking me as
chairman of the delegation, if l had
anything to say regarding the visit.
And when they failed to get a re-
ply, they reported us as being 'hypno-
tiled Fancy trying to get news from
hypnotics!"
Purcell declared that the official re-
port of the delegation would be first
given to the Trade Union Congress
but that a preliminary report would
be made public at once. He gave
hint Of what it would be like when
he said: What will it tell us? All,
wait and see. 1t is sufficient to say
that If the working class of this coun-
try knew its strength and power to
the same extent as that of Russia, the
orthodox politician and the capitalist
press mercenaries would be speedily
proving whether they were really gen
timely employed"
Relations With Miners.
Herbert Smith, president Of the
Yorkshire miners and one of the dele
gates has recommended that the Brit
ish miners send a strong delegation
to Russia to establish permanent rela-
lions with the Russian miners.
The sentiment created by the re-
ports of the trade union leaders has
had a damaging effect on the tory
preparations for starting another war
on Russia. John Wheatley, M. P, and
minister of health in the recent labor
party government made a strong
speech in Glasgow recently on the
dangers of the tory plot against Rus
STA. He said:
Despite any vituperation in the
press, if any attempt is made by the
government Of Britain to launch into
war with Russia, for one, am pre-
pared to spend not merely my time,
but my life in appealing to the work
ing classes of this country to refuse
not merely to join into an attack on
Russia, but to utilize the opportunity
Of war with Russia in an attack on
British capitalism"
To Defend Russia.
He warned the workers that an at
tack against Russia was in the course
of preparation; that the workers of
Britain and of all the world had an
interest in Russia; that the people of
Russia appealed to the workers Of
Germany, France and England and
particularly the latter for aid in re-
sisting the attacks of the capitalist
enemy. The workers of the world
had the duty of defending Russia
against her enemies as her enemies
were also the enemies of labor all the
world over.
(The preliminary report of the dele
gates to Russia will be found in an
other column.-Ed)