SOVIET TACTICS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18016, 7 March 1924, Page 9

SOVIET TACTICS.

MISSION TO BERLIN.

PRESIDENT TRAVELS INCOG.

(by cable—rnEßß association—copybioht.) ("THE '-THEB.") LONDON, March 5. "The Times" learns from trustworthy sources in Moscow that M. Rykov, Soviet President, whose departure for health reasons to the Caucasus was ostentatiously published in Soviet newspapers, has actually left for Berlin, incognito. The journey must bo recognised as a very characteristic symptom of the present weakness and confusion among members of the Soviet Government. The correspondent recalls a recent speech by M. Rykov when he urged upon the Government that it was urgently necessary to invite non-party men, who had proved active supporters of Soviet rule during the last six months, to fill responsible posts in the Governineiit, which declaration, together with M. Rykov's secret journey, is regarded as a sign that the Soviet appreciates its weakness, and is striving to enlist the active support of prominent Russians living in Germany and elsewhere.

HUGE LOAN SOUGHT. (AUSTBALIAN AND H.Z. CABIJS ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, March 5. The Moscow correspondent of the •'Daily Express' 1 states that Russia is seeking £150,000,000 credits in Great Britain to be used exclusively for eco. nomic reconstruction.