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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936

SOVIET PERFECTS ITS

WAR-MACHINE

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Morally, the Red conscript is ja relatively happy warrior, sub- jected to an iron but not vexs- tious discipline, although the system of training is quite as. rigid as in the old Tsarist be army, and there seems to little of that easy interplay be tween officers and men which Icharacterises the British Army. His officer is now largely pro- tected against political intrigue and police pressure the seam- lier side of the Soviet as

most other new regimes.

Hungry Civilians

of

Red officers have just been granted the further protection of a proper military status with fixed ranks and a regular sys- item of promotion. They cannot

Jean Parker is in the United Ärtists' production, "The Three Live Ghosts," which will be shown at the King's Theatre soo...

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May 6 May 8 May 14 May 19 1 May 3 May 15 May 17 May 19 May June 5 June 12 June 17

21 May 23

Jumai E/Canada May 29 May 31

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by heavy rains and will arrive E/Japan June 25 June 28 ed by Voroshilof himself, while ting into their stride.

July 10 July 12 July 14 July 10 July 18 immense Warhere to-morrow morning, when E/Asia the new Red Marshals can only The already be degraded by a decree of the Budget of 1935 has actually she will berth at the O.SK's/Canada July 24 July 25 9th Apr

Council of People's Commissars. been doubled for 1936 to reach newly constructed wharf opposite Russia Aug 7 Aur. 9 Aug.

and Company, Their new uniforms, which the astronomical figure of 14.8 Messrs. Sincere 3rd May

also add to their self-confidence, thousand million roubles, or Limited, Connaught Road, West. Friday, 22nd May

inew ship will maintain the weekly! LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus, have clear badges of rank dis- $592,000,000 at the latest of- Commencing from Sunday, this

tinguishing them from the po- ficial rate of exchange.

Under Armos

Sunday service from Hong Kong' litical officers (half atheist pa- dres, hal policemen) attached By the end of 1935 Russia al-to Keelung with the s.s. Canton to them.

ready had 1,300.000 men under Maru, and providing there

sufficient traffic the displaced Fixed ranks and smart uni-arms. This figure, which forms were found to be desir-quote from Marshal Tukhachev- Hozan Maru will be placed on the fable, in part because the French ski's speech on Jan. 15, included same route to take up a mid-week and Czech generals, who are all men actually serving in the service to Keelung, leaving the now beginning to visit the Red Army, Air Force and. Navy, but Colony on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

the Army Staff, did not take acting not

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All possible precaution against Tranks seriously or respect care-O:G.P.U. troops, who number at

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piracy is provided; running round Materially, no other army en- Moreover, the proportion of the bridge are steam pipes, which joys such favourable living con-fully-trained effectives daily in-in the event of an attack, can be ditions by comparison with the creases. On Jan. 1 over 77 per made to emit jets of steam, thus civilian population beautiful cent. of the Red Army's total preventing pirates from reaching holiday palaces on the Black strength was already serving in the bridge. Besides this the vessel Sea Riviera and the Caucasian fully-trained Regular Divisions is equipped with bullet-proofį| Mountains. playing fields, clubs,"approximately on a war foot-glass, a grille, wireless telegraph theatres, flats for officers, dining." The remaining 23 per and lines of picket fences. ing halls for the men. In lean cent. were still receiving short- There is accommodation for 18 years Red conscripts are often term training only in local Ter-first class passengers (9 cabins on caught selling their surplus ritorial Divisions.

bridge-deck); 47 second-class pas bread to hungry civilians. In Russia probably now has at sengers (7 cabins on upper-deck), less lean years these material least 6.000.000 men of military and 190 third-class passengers (on

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Her average speed is 15 kaots his master Lenin, has digested without counting the millions Machiavelli's teaching that all lightly trained in Territorial of a bombing raid. Thurs. 23rd Apr. militant dictatorships must al Divisions or the many millions If the parachutists succeed ways go on contriving new ar- more taught to shoot and march in occupying favourable ground, tificial means of favouring the by the official League for Avia- this is followed up by more soldiery.

tion and Chemical Defence (Os-planes actually landing with soviakhim). Material And Men

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is by no

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at and mechanised infantry under- All the same, to intimidate tempt an offensive war against take mass shock action in co-

power like Ger- Russia's enemies, impress pos-a first-class

operation with special air squa- sible allies, and justify at home many or Japan, even if Stalin drons attached to the cavalry in the colossal sacrifices made, So-wished to wage one, which he am attempt to break through viet leaders are now more in-certainly does not. The gener-his front.

All this is clear from the of- Men, 20th Apr. clined to give information about al cultural level of the new of-

2nd May the state of Russian armaments ficers, drawn from Russia's still ficial manoeuvres film called Sat

working-class and "Battle for Kief," publicly ex- but only percentages of in-primitive.

therefore leaving school for hibited in Moscow. But such Thurs., 9th Apr. crease, not absolute figures.

In the four years 1931-34, factory at the average age of tactics, however suited to the Marshal Tukhachevski told the 15, is still too low, although en- vast open spaces of Wester last Soviet Congress, the nur-ormous efforts are being made Ukraine, would hardly do in. ber of tankettes increased by to polish them up.

say, Flanders: 2,475 per cent., light tanks by In Charge Of Defence This film also shows the bril 760 p... medium tanks by 792 Railway communications are liant use the Russians are now Their pc, heavy artillery by 240 pc, still too poor. The general or-making of camouflage. anti-tank gurs by 450 pc., ma-ganisation of the country is machine-gun and anti-tank gun Ichine-guns for tanks and aero-still too primitive. The, policy pits are invisible 'until you are

planes by 700 pc., aeroplanes of conciliating the downtrodden right on top of them. Staged Battle by 330 pic. submarines by 535 peasantry has not yet gone far p.c. The growth of Russian enough. Any policy of adven- On the other hand, they send armament in 1935 has certainly ture might well lead to dis-massed cavalry changing, hope- been even faster. And the agreeable surprises.

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But on the defensive

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may have the frontiers the Red Army brought off such coups against will be very formidable indeed half trained Poles and the Even in their chronically ill-typhus-stricken debris of the equipped past, Russian soldiers White Armies in 1920, but he always fought well on their had better not try it against | jown soil.

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