SOVIET AID!
HELP FOR GERMANY.
Conflicting Views On Possible
Assistance.
U.S. WRITER'S THEORIES,
United Press Association.—Copyright!.
(Received 11 a.m. 7
LONDON, October 17.
The Moscow paper, "Izvestia," reveals that Russia is strengthening her fleet, and adds that the complete blockade of Germany is impossible, despite the British and French'naval superiority. Russia and Germany are working out co-operation.
Diplomatic quarters consider that reports to the effect that Russian submarines are reinforcing the German craft in the North Sea are German propaganda to frighten the Allies into abandoning the war, says the Moscow correspondent of the "New York Times," Mr. G. E. R. Gedye. There is no reason to suspect that the Soviet is contemplating such an international outrage as secret participation.
Theoretically it is possible for Russia to sell submarines to Germany, but technically it is unlikely, in view of the difficulties of operating strange types. Moreover, it is improbable that Russia would weaken her Baltic defence or reveal her submarine secrets.
For many reasons Russia is not likely to provoke a war with the Allies. One is that it would block all supplies of rubber and tin and British and United States machines, on which the Soviet's five-year plan is dependent.
Another reason is that it would expose the Far East trade between the Black Sea and Vladivostok to attack.
SOVIET AID!
Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 7
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