25 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 3

' A very lurid light is cast upon the dead

set made by Mr. Robert Williams and his colleagues against Mr. Appleton by statements which have appeared in the Yorkshire Post. The London correspondent of that paper says that about the time when Mr. Williams was in Russia—where, of coarse, he formed very rosy opinions of Soviet rule—the Third, or Moscow, Inter- national decided: to carry on a vendetta against moderate Labour leaders is all countries, Mr.. Appleton, we are told, was selected as the most dangerous enemy to Bolshevism -in this country, and with his name was coupled that of Mr. Gompers,.. the well-known American Labour leader. The correspondent. says that .the attaak upon Mr: Appleton was only the first blow to be struck against constitutionally minded Trade Union leadma..