SOVIET'S EVIL INFLUENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18207, 28 September 1922, Page 7

SOVIET'S EVIL INFLUENCE.

EGGING ON THE TURKS. PROMISE OF MILITARY AID. TROOPS FROM CAUCASUS. By Telesrarh— frees Association—Copyright (Received 12.5 a.m.) A. aud N.Z. LONDON. Sept. 26. The Helsingfors correspondent of the Morning Post states that advices from Moscow repovt great activity at the Bolshevik headquarters since the opening of Kemal's offensive against the Greeks. The Soviet Government has decided to send armed support to Kemal in the event of a conflict with the British. It is 'rumoured that the Soviet Government is urging Kemal to display a recalcitrant attitude, promising him military and financial support. Kameneff has gone to the Caucasus to arrango for the transport of trooi>s to Constantinople, via Angora. '.t is reported that Kalanin, disapproving of help being sent to Kemal, which was done under Trotzky's influence, has resigned from the central executive and that Bucharin is succeeding him. RUSSIA AND THE STRAITS. CLAIM TO BE CONSULTED. INTIMATION TO BRITAIN. Australian aud N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. S.lO p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 26. M. Berzis, assistant official representative of t'lie Russian Soviet Government in London, called at the Foreign Office and emphasised the point that while Russia desired a peaceful settlement she could not accept an international decision reached in her absence on a subject so vital to her commerce as the defence of the Straits.

ALLIED OFFER TO TURKS. INDIGNATION AMONG SERBS. Australian and N.Z. Cabl« Association. (Reed. 1.15 a.m.) BELGRADE, Sept. 26. Indignation is intensifying throughout Serbia at the Allies' readiness to give the Turks Adrianople and Eastern Thrace.