RUSSIA ON THE WARPATH.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 October 1925, Page 9

RUSSIA ON THE WARPATH.

DOUBLE PURPOSE IN VIEW. LONDON, Sent. 18. There is much speculation in League circles .regarding, the journey of the Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Tohitcherin, to Warsaw and Berlin, says the Times’ correspondent at Geneva. It is thought that he has a double aim in . view. Firstly, the Bolsheviks are exploring the possibilities of reaching agreements with their western neighbours, in order to have a free hand in their Asian enterprises, which are directed principally against the British Empire.

Secondly, it is understood that At. Tehitcherin. is desirous of establishing friendly relations with Poland, and the immediate prospects of this are not unfavourable. Important sections of Polish opinion are 'disappointed with France, and, “fearing Germany, are beginning to think that even an agreement with the Soviet would make Poland a little more secure. It is particularly doted that M. Tehitcherin has timed his visits with reference to the forthcoming Ministers’ Conference on the security pact. It is not improbable that by intervening at present he liones to arouse anxiety in France and Germany at the prospect of a rapprochement between the Soviet and the neighbouring States of Eastern Europe. But this manoeuvre can be discounted in advance. A genuine rapprochement between the Soviet and its neighbours is out of the question, as all Governments living under the ■ Soviet shadow l know. Moscow is jubilant about the results of tlie recent British Trades Union Congress at Scarborough, which, according to the Riga correspondent of the Times, is described as the' greatest event of recent year?. The Bolshevists declared concerning a united front and self-determination for all peoples of the British Empire are not merely of internal, hut, to a greater degree, of international importance, on account _of the encouragement they will give to Eastern revolutionaries, especially the Chinese. The Soviet press rejoices at Mr. J. H. Thomas’ “complete discomfiture,” and deplores his inclusion on the General Council. “Scarborough’s voice,” says the journal, “will pour fresh blood into the veins of the tortured body of European revolutionary working classes.”’