THE “RED” FLEET
READY FOR ALLCOMERS
TROUBLE IN BALTIC
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 18.
The Daily Mail’s Riga correspondent states' that the Soviet RearAdmiral Smirnov, attached to the Baltic fleet, informed the newspaper pra vda that the British squadron’s presence in the Baltic constitutes a militant demonstration against the Soviet Government. He asserts that the British are trying to discover the Soviet’s naval strength. Admiral Smirnov says that now that the Soviet sailors are inured to sea-sickness, the “Red” Fleet is ready to take on all comers and will defend Kronstadt to the death.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16371, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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97THE “RED” FLEET Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16371, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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