SOVIET RUSSIA.

Wairarapa Age, 25 March 1924, Page 3

SOVIET RUSSIA.

AFRAID OF PEACE. CITIZENS MIGHT THINK. Loudon, Mar. 23.—The Rign, correspondent of ‘■The Tinies” says that M. Frunze, the new Acting-Chief of Mo>cow’s Revolutionary Military Council, in a recent speech, declared that he wag convinced that the near future would bring a fresh clash. He warned members of. the Russian Military Conference against the dangers cf the movement for the recognition of Russia, by other Powers, and said that it threatened to lull the Soviet citizens and even the military, into a feeling of false security. The idea was fraught with the greatest danger. The war storm had certainly not passed. Western Europe, in spite of peaceful assurances, was increasing its armaments, and otherwise preparing for war. “We want love and peace,” he continued, ‘ 4 but we cannot remain aloof from eventual military collisions, and therefore military matters must occupy our chief attention. We must create a strong and well-organised armed force. ’ ’ *

The referred to the pacific talk especially in connection with the British Labour Government, as utter rubbish. “We must devote ourselves to strengthening the Soviet’s shield and buckler—the Red Army,” he concluded.— (P.A.)