26 SEPTEMBER 1925, Page 3

Mr. Saklatvala seems in the circumstances to have no valid

grievance, though he has professed his intention of going to the Canadian frontier and agitating to be allowed to cross into America. If he ever becomes a Minister in a Communist State he will, of course, refuse on principle a passport to every bourgeois and capitalist. It is impossible to understand how the minds of such people work. We note that Mr. Saklatvala has just resigned his position in the great Tata steel firm. He had, apparently, been an official in this capitalist organization for years. His resignation would have been more impressive if it had preceded the revelation of his connexion with the firm.

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