THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1938.
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STALIN BREAKS SILENCE TO DISCUSS MOSCOW'S POLICY Believes Country Still In Danger Of Attack
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Socialist State Now
Established In Russia
Moscow, To-day.
Stalin broke his long silence yesterday with an im- portant statement to the newspaper "Pravda” on the position of the Soviet Union, both in- ternally and in relation to other countries. Stalin asserts that internally the bourgeoisie has
CONFLICT
MOVES
SOUTH
London, To-day: Heavy fighting is taking place in southern Spain, where the Gov- ernment admit that the insur- gents have gained ground.
On other fronts there is little activity.-Reuter.
been crushed in the Soviet Union, and the So- EXECUTIONS AT
cialist state has been established.
Externally, the Soviet Union is still in danger of armed attack by capitalist countries, and at- tempts by them to restore capitalism.
Stalin urges that the inter-
national proletariat must be
linked up with the Soviet people INTERNATIONAL
and connections with the work- ing classes in bourgeois countries, strengthened and organised to give political assistance in the event of armed attack on the Soviet Union.
the PACT AGAINST BOMBING TO BE SOUGHT
STATE OF MOBILISATION The Red Army and air force must be strengthened and the whole people kept in a state of mobilisa- tion for armed attack.
London, To-day.
Stalin contends that it is ridiculous and stupid to close their eyes to the fact of capital-
The bombing of civilians both in ist encirclement, and to think connection with the present civil that their external enemies, for war in Spain and as the subject of example, the Fascists, would not
a general international agreement. try, when the chance presented itself, to carry out an armed at- was referred to in several answers to Commons questions by the Foreign Secretary.
- tack on the Soviet.
DANGER UNDENIABLE It would be useless and ridiculous to deny that in the event of the
In one answer, Mr. Eden recall- slightest success for armed inter-ed his statement on February 2, in vention, the interventionists would which he intimated that the sub- try to destroy the Soviet system inject of an international agreement areas occupied by them and restore the bourgeois.
regarding the bombing' of civilian
Only blockheads or covert enemies populations was being considered who wished to camouflage their hos-by the competent departments with tility by bragging, and who tried the express intention of re-opening to demobilise the people, could deny the question with other Powers. the danger of armed intervention and attempts at restoration while the capitalist encirclement existed. ---Reuter.
CHAMBERLAIN
REFUSES ASSURANCE
London, To-day -The Prime Minister was asked in the-Commons, to give an assurance, as an example to other nations, that the Government would prohibit the
BILBAO
London, To-day:
REMOVAL OF CHIEF OF SOVIET AIR FORCE
Moscow, To-day.
The removal of Ygakov Alkansis, chief of the Soviet air force, whose arrest was reported several weeks ago, is confirmed by the news- paper "Izvestia.”
The
paper does not mention him directly but gives the name of the new air force chief as General Loktionov, among the pall bearers at the funeral of the victims of the wrecked Soviet dirigible.
Alkansis was one of the last two In a Commons reply, the Foreign of the five commissars of defence Secretary said he was informed that of Marshal Voroshilov who sur-
a number of executions have taken vived the recent purge, and appar- place at Bilbao since the insurgents' ently enjoyed the Kremlin's favour occupation. It was naturally im-[until just before the elections for possible to obtain exact figures. the first Soviet Parliament in De- His Majesty's Government had cember, when he was removed of registered can-
strongly represented to the parties from the list
in Spain the desirability of refrain-didates and replaced by another ing from further executions in or-man-Reuter. der to avoid prejudicing the pro- spective negotiations for a general exchange of prisoners and other de- tained persons.
The British Agent in Salamanca had recently received an assurance that the Basque prisoners who were the subject of negotiations were in no danger.
Replying
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BRITAIN'S WILD WEEK-END
London, To-day.
Severe cold, accompanied by falls
of snow, continues in Southern question, Mr. Eden said the Gov-damage resulting from the flood- to 2 supplementary England and reports of extensive ernment had received a similar as-ing and the gales at the week-end surance from the Spanish Govern-are still being received. -British ment.-British Wireless.
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GERMANY
Asked whether he would give no- When travelling in Germany and on German ships
tice to the parties in Spain
that
Great Britain proposed to allow the
importation into Spain of anti-Air- reduce your expenses considerably by carrying
craft guns and ammunition unless bombing behind the lines ceased,
Mr. Eden said that Great Britain
was bound by an international un- dertaking, assumed as a signatory of the non-intervention agreement, and added that he was not pre- pared, at present, to propose any modification of that agreement.
APPROACH TO VATICAN
He told the House in another
approached the Vatican direct re- Mr. Chamberlain replied that His Pope of the bombing of civilians in garding a denunciation by the Majesty's Government were not pre-Spain by both sides, but they had pared to limit the activities of the informed the French Government Air Force except as part of an in-that-they were prepared to asso- ternational agreement.
ciate themselves with such initia- Government
• ✨ use of bombing aeroplanes for police ply that the government had not
purposes in any territory under -British control:
They were most anxious that it tive as the French should be possible and the governmight decide to take in the mat- ment would be fully prepared to ter, whether through the Va- give the assurance suggested.-Brî- {tican or other channels. British tish Wireless.
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