RUSSIA AND THE WAR.

Evening Star, Issue 23968, 20 August 1941, Page 10

RUSSIA AND THE WAR.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In reply to “ John Gilpin ” you state that the Soviet preferred its agreement with, the Nazis to one with the Allies. It would bo interesting to know when an agreement with the Soviet Union was offered toy the Allies, and-also the nature of its terms. _ It is perhaps pertinent in this connection to quote Mr Lloyd George, who, speaking in the Blouse of Commons on May 19, 1939, denounced the delay of the then. Government in coming to an agreement along the lines suggested by the Soviet Government: “ They have the finest air force in the world and an extraordinarily powerful tank force, and they are offering, to place these at the disposal of the Allies, provided they are treated, on equal terms. . . . You distrust them. Have they no grounds to distrust us? Every pact we have entered into since 1931 to deal with situations like this we have broken. We have given in to the dictators an every incident Japan, Abyssinia, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and Albania. _ We should have given in now had it not been that public opinion was aroused.” —I am, etc.. Sine Praejudicio. August 17. [This correspondence is now closed. —Ed. E,S.]