COMMUNIST MOVE IN BALTIC NATIONS
Estonian Demonstrations (Received June 25, S.lO p.m.) LONDON, June 25. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Stockholm correspondent says observers consider that the Baltic countries are veering to Communism. It is not only Russia’s military force which is advancing toward the Baltic, but a new world outlook. ... , Estonian workers are continuing demonstrations at places decorated with red flags. Big demonstrations were held in Riga at the funeral of victims of disturbances when the Russians marched in. Thirty thousand mourners carried red flags and posters inviting the people to crush the old Fascist Government. Two new Communist newspapers and also a Russian paper make a similar invitation. The last-named declared that the police are Fascist and must be replaced by a workers’ militia.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 232, 26 June 1940, Page 10
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124COMMUNIST MOVE IN BALTIC NATIONS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 232, 26 June 1940, Page 10
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