Soviet Dumping
by Ministers who profess that they are unable to
obtain reliable information, although we actually
maintain two official commercial representatives
 at Moscow! Yet if a fraction of the allegations
 made against Soviet labour conditions had
been applied to monarchical states, such as Italy
or Spain, British Trade Unionists would in all
probability have clamoured unanimously for a
rupture of relations with those countries.
What, it may well be asked, are we going to
do? If the decision rests with our present
Government the Free Trade fetish will provide
an excuse for avoiding action which would offend
their followers, and in that case we shall present
the extraordinary spectacle of a great Power
complacently permitting our avowed and open
enemy to work for our-eventual political and
economic downfall. If, however, there should be
a change, it will be one of the first and most
urgent duties of a new Administration to put a
summary end to Soviet Dumping by the most
speedy methods available, and to break off, if
necessary, those official relations which should
never have been renewed.

B

NEWTON.