SOVIET PREPARES FOR WAR.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 18 November 1930, Page 11

SOVIET PREPARES FOR WAR.

A MONSTER AGITATION. STRENGTHENING RED ARMY. (ci.m;n pr.ssd iisociATrox- tit rcicTßio tbi.f.oiiaph—copvsianr.) (lieceired November lTlh, B.Jo p.m.) LONDON, November 17. Tin 1 liiga curivspondeiir. of ''The Times'' st.ites that while M. filaxini LitvinofF, Deputy-Commissioner for loreign Affairs, whs discussing disarmament at Geneva, tho Soviet had begun a monster agitation, lasting ten days, to make the masses "war ready," sj)ecial attention being directed to the necessity for military and naval, aviation, and £,a-s warfare, "in view of tfie ever-growing danger of attack by the capitalist enemy." Agitators arc encouraging tho workers to contribute their overtime payments towards strengthening the Red Army, especially in building aircraft All the newspapers publish an article by Maxim Gorky, written in his luxurious villa in fcxirento, exhorting the workers to arm to enable the Soviet to deal a crushing bloiv to its enemies He declares: ''The Soviet Civil War has not ended. Kngineers, specialists and professors are still active against trie Revolution." Ibis, so-called plot and alleged t'raneo-l.iritixh preparations for the invasion of Russia are being Kiven great prominence in the newspapers, which are virtually singing: "We don't want ,il. but. by .jinfjo, if wq do." wireless, war films and war plavs si no red-hot oratory are all beine employed to support the movement. ANTI BOLSHEVIK MOVEMENT. STORMY BERLIN MEETING. (Received November 17t.1i, 1J p.nO LONDON, November IG.

The Berlm correspondent of '-'The linies states tliut Sir William Horvvood was one ol' the principal speakers : 11 ;uiti-iiolaiievit; ilfniunistrutiou, by the German League for the Defence <»;' Western Culture, lio was supported by prominent lenders oi' all religious. The Russian Orthodox iiishop beru phin described his experiences under the Soviet religions persecution, after which Communists in the audience, having indulged in repeated interruptions, came to blows with their op ponentc, and tho police called in. Tim Cum in musts, using various weapons, attacked them, and finally twenty-three were arrested, several of whom were injured. Sir William Horwocd emphasised that the Soviet was to use slave labour to export grain and manufactures, and sio obtain money for the propagation of its doctrines throughout the world. All nations and creeds must combine to stamp out the enemy. This righteous fight agains' a common enemy would build a lasting monument of friendship between England and Oermanv. which, after the ordeal of war. had man's mutual interests at heart. [Sir Wiliiarn Thomas Francis 11 orv ood ha.s had an extensive military career. TIo was recruiting officer and Adjutant of the -filth Regimental Battalion from IDOO to HN>2; liripadeMa.jor of t'ue 24th field Army Brigade till 1304. He served in the War Office from 1902 tfi 1010. and then became Chief of Police. London and NorthEastern Railway. He won high decorations during the Great War, and wu<! appointed Assistant Commissioner or the London Metropolitan Police in 1018. He bpcame Commissioner or Police in 1920. and resigned in 1928. his successor heina Lord Byng of Vimy.-j