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RUSSIA AND WAR

ACTIVE ROLE UNLIKELY. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] NEW YORK, October IG. The Moscow correspondent of the “New York Times,” Mr. G. E. R. Geyde, says diplomatic circles consider that the reports that Russian submarines are reinforcing the German in the North Sea are merely German propaganda designed to frighten the Allies into abandoning the war. There is no reason to suspect the

Soviet of contemplating such an international outrage as secret participation. Theoretically it is possible to sell submarines to Germany, but technically it is unlikely, in view of the difficulties of operating strange types.

It is improbable that Russia will weakel? her Baltic defence or reveal her submarine secrets.

There are many reasons why Russia is unlikely to provoke war against the Allies, including the one that .it would block all supplies of rubber, tin, and English and United States machines, on which the five-year plan is dependent, -and expose her Far East trade, the Black Sea and Vladivostok to attack. i

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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 October 1939, Page 8

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RUSSIA AND WAR Greymouth Evening Star, 18 October 1939, Page 8

RUSSIA AND WAR Greymouth Evening Star, 18 October 1939, Page 8