Word: communiste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...before the Conservative Party Convention at Brighton, that his Government would "deal strongly with any attempts to seduce the loyalty of the nation's armed forces." (TIME, Oct. 19.) Promptly Sir William Joynam-Hicks, eloquent and reactionary Home Secretary, persuaded the Cabinet to "deal strongly" with certain English Communists, and to deal at once. While headlines blared that Britain had at last begun war upon the Reds, eight famed Communists were arrested by operatives of Scotland Yard. They were: Albert Inkpin, secretary of the British Communist party; John Campbell, editor of the Communist Workers' Weekly; T. W. Wintringham, assistant editor...
...this group Harry Pollit is notable as "the ablest Communist in Great Britain." At the International Trade Unionist Conference at Scarborough (TIME, Sept. 21), he was one of those most instrumental in rushing through the "motion of censure against the British Empire," which so alarmed reactionaries. And it was he who cried that, because of the machinations of the Conservatives, "every inch of the Empire is drenched with blood...
...recalled that Mr. Slocombe and Mussolini had known each other well in the days when the present dictator was himself a Communist...
...recognized that the excuse was a trumped up one. By May the star of Trotzky was again waxing portentously. He returned to Moscow, and has labored unceasingly for the economic aggrandizement of the Soviets* ever since. At present he is thought to be on exceedingly good terms with the Communist leaders, and can count on the powerful influence of Lenin's widow. Hence it is generally believed that Trotzky is now seeking the little Caucasus resort of Kislovodsk "for his health" in good earnest. He is reported to seem weary and to be aging rapidly- he who created...
...special meeting of the Council of the Union was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, and it was decided: 1) that the U. S. was within its rights in excluding (TIME, Sept. 28 CABINET) Saklat-vala, British Communist delegate to the meeting; and 2) that U. S. Senator William B. McKinley of Illinois should be presiding officer of the meetings in Washington...