"RED" DEMOBILISATION.
SOVIET FORCE REDUCED. NO FOOD FOR TROOPS. (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) HELSUSTGFORS. October 20. Extensive demobilisation of the Russian Red army is proceeding. A complete reorganisation and reduction of the standing army to a peace footing of 4.10,000 has been decided on. Soviet figures show that the Red army in January last numbered 4,000,000. On August 1* last it had been reduced to 1,700,000. Official motives for the reduction are the assurance of peace -with Poland and the impossibility of feeding masses of unproductive soldiers.—('Times.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 251, 21 October 1921, Page 5
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87"RED" DEMOBILISATION. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 251, 21 October 1921, Page 5
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