Report That Ukrainians Are Revolting Against Russia

Wanganui Chronicle, 26 January 1948, Page 5

Report That Ukrainians Are Revolting Against Russia

Received 7.-30 p.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.) Chinese Government intelligence services have learned that, flic first large rebellion in the history oi. the Soviet Government is aring in southern Ukraine, says: the journal “American” correspondent in Nanking The insurrection is attributed to Ukrainian’s centuries old nationalism and resentment to Moscow’s abuses. The correspondent claims that Chen Li hu, Minister of Party Organisation in the Chinese Government, revealed this exclusively to Hearst newspapers, lie quotes Chen as saying that more than 1,500,000 an I '.-Moscow insurrectionists are involved in an uprising. The southern Ukrainian population is supporting a big guerrilla force which Soviet troops have been unable to corner and subdue. MosevW is conducting deportations of sections of the population to Siberia, but has been unable to quell hundreds of thousands of guerrillas hiding in dense forests and rtriking frequently at Soviet forces. The correspondent reports Chen as adding that the guerrillas are trying to enlist world war veterans of other Soviet States in a major all-Uussia. revolution. Received 10 p.m. MOSCOW, Jan. 24 Tlie Foreign Minister (Mr. Molotov), in a speech before Ihc Supreme Soviet of Ukrainian Republic on the occasion of the Republic’s 30th. anniversary, said the Anglo-French Entente had made numerous: attempts at. military intervention during the first years of the Soviet power in the Ukraine. “It isn’t accidental that the Ukraine suffered most during the invasion.” he said. “This places an obligation on the whole Soviet Union to show especial care for Ukraine’s rehabilitation.”