GERMAN CONTROL
RUSSIAN RESOURCES. Dream That Is Unlikely To Come True. QUARREL MORE LIKELY. British Official Wireless. (Received 10.80 a.m.* RUGBY, February 16. Obstacles in the way of effective Russian-German co-operation are discussed in "The Times," which remarks that the organisation of Russian resources by Prussian efficiency is a "dream which has always been attractive to German Army leaders, but is likely to remain a dream, for to the great mass of Russians there is nothing more anti-pathetic than precise soulless efficiency.
"It could only be given actuality through complete and prolonged domination of Russia by German organisers, and the experience of Peter the Great and succeeding rulers shows how difficult this would be."
Any attempt to establish it would more likely provoke a quarrel than facilitate co-operation. The Russians know the Germans look down on them as an inferior race but valuable for cannon fodder and other material to serve German ends. "The Times" adds •that no great success is likely to follow the trade pact just concluded.'.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 41, 17 February 1940, Page 9
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