MOSCOW YOUTH PARA

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 November 1939, Page 12

MOSCOW YOUTH PARA

' NAZIS AND “INTERNATIOi I MOSCOW, Septeml I To-day, Red “International • Day,” some hundreds of thous young Russians mobilised and ed past Lenin’s tomb. , Little enthusiasm was displa; the slogans carried by the m were remarkable only for thei nificance and extreme caution. 'did not contain any attacks eign governments. J . Moscow’s two German Nazi pondents clicked their heels am ed to attention when an Ogp struck up “The Internationale, hymn of “the German Con Party, as well as of the Stall] • gime here. ! They stood directly opposite a ■mons bright red poster hailing i man the 2,5 th anniversary of tl I International youth movement, lis a branch of the Moscow Con • As the Diplomatic Corps w ! invited to attend the parade, tl ; man Ambassador, Count vo ; Schulenburg, was spared the jsity of indulging in the display ; Speeches in Moscow 7 factor! • night hailed the Soviet-Germa l as a heaw blow 7 to l those inst 1 war, and charged Britain and > with trying to persuade Russia ;the chestnuts from the fire for i The “Red Star,” organ of N Voroshiloff and his General hails the Soviet-German pact b 'it puts an end to "hostility b [two of the greatest European fomented by agents provocateui ! The Red Army is now in a s .intensive preparation, accordin; number of indications in Moscow aircraft practice is heard nightl Moscow, and occasional tank meats are noted in the streets'.