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MINERS’ SECRETARY

DEPARTURE FOR MOSCOW. WHAT HE WILL TELL THE RUSSIANS. Received December 3, 1.40 p.m. , LONDON, Dee. 2. Mr A. J. Cook, the miners’ secretary, has left London for Moscow.

When interviewed by the Daily Express he said: “Russia will want me to answer various questions. I will tell exactly what I kn6w, namely, that the miners’ defeat was due to the policy of the Trades Union Council, firstly in the calling off of the general strike and secondly in refusing to enforce the embargo on foreign coal. Finally the trades unions of England left the miners to fight alone. I will tell them that the inaction and opposition of the British leaders, particularly of Messrs Bromley and Thomas, prevented a levy on the workers who were earning. Russia will regard tlie absence of delegates from the Trades Union Council as a rebuff to tho Russian workers. Nevertheless, I will tell Russia that, despite Britain’s trades union leaders, the rank and file are heart and soul with the Russians and also that the increased bitterness of the Government was due to the £1,125,000 sent to England.”—A. and N.Z. cable.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 2

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MINERS’ SECRETARY Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 2

MINERS’ SECRETARY Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 2

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