TROTSKY'S TERROR
THE POLES FEAR A WAR. LENIN AMENABLE, BUT IS OPPOSED. (By Electric Cable—Copyright.) (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received May 1, 10.5 a.m.) (Times.) • Berlin, April 29. It is reported that a large niufiber of Communists and soldiers have arrived at Smolensk and Minsk for the Red Army. Trotsky is expected to make an early visit to the Russo-Polish frontier, where it is believed somctling like a state of war'exists. Several troop trains, much munitions and transports have arrived. Many Polish subjects have been arrested on charges of espionage. It is universally feared that war between Russia and Poland may proves inevitable. Lenin is expected to make a war statement to the All-Russian Executive Committee next Friday. It is understood' that he intends to yield to Europe's demand at Genoa on tho question of private property. The military party, under Trotsky's leadership, is dissatisfied with this decision. Trotsky is summoning his supporters from the provinces to discuss tho situation. .
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4577, 1 May 1922, Page 2
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