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How The Soviet Press Works

A

By JOHN SCOTT

LMOST 9,000 newspapers tracting the attention of the in 70 different languages outside world at all. It is done are published in the Soviet very simply. A Tass dispatch Union daily. Their total date-lined Stockholm, and often circulation in 1980 was 47,- undafed, Is published through- 920,000. This vast propaganda out the Soviet Press. It quotes organisation takes orders lengthily from an obscure Por- from the Press Bureau of tuguese newspaper, to the effect the Central Committee of the that British circles in Madrid Communist Party, and is mono- expect Spain to do this and lithically official in its treatment that. Tass. naturally does not of foreign affairs and of all ma- send such dispatches to its foreign clients, and any Moscow jor internal issues.

Regularly when there is a correspondent who tries to re- conference or a congress and port it gets called down (as I the Kremlin leaders deliver have been myself on occasion), speeches, the entire Soviet even if the piece is passed by Press publishes the texts in full the Soviet censor. for several days, to the exclu- sion of other nows.

But those of the Soviet public who are in the least in- terested in what Spain is going to do, and there are many such, understand very well. They Local papers, of which there skip the date line, and the first are nearly four thousand, differ paragraph. "There it is in the from the central newspapers papers," they say, "Franco can only in the inferior quality of be expected to do this and that the printing and the fact that after alt." Perfectly clear. Any- local news is presented con. thing in the Soviet papers is a spicuously.

Soviet comment.

The most important Soviet newspapers are: "Pravda," or

Thongkong Telegraph the Communist Party, circula- sometimes go into the most ex-

Thursday, Sept. 25, 1941.

Wyndham St.. Hongkong Telephone: 20015

THE prefix "Special to the Telegraph"

is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph" to Indicata news which is etetetty copyright

estions Ordinance, 1936. Such newsI KA

Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Preis Associations, who tes servo all rights and forbid republications,

under the provisions of the Telecommuni best the indication "UP" is received is

gan of the Central Committee of Tass dispatches' from abroad- tion something over two million travagant details on certain daily; "Izvestia," organ of the matters. I have before me, for Presidium of the Supreme So- instance, a 1,500-word Tass dis- |viet, circulation 1,660,000; patch cabled from London and "Trud," organ of the Central published in all the central and Council of the Trade Unions, provincial Soviet papers on circulation about half a million. February 21, 1941. It des- In addition to its many news- cribes in detail the new rations papers, the Soviet Press and in Britain. It paints propaganda machine publishes gruelling picture. All efforts. 1,880 periodicals with a com- are made to let the Soviet public bined circuintion of 260 million know how very badly off other

elther wholly or in part wlibost previous copies.

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ROBIN MOOR

STEEL SERFARIR

The Destroyer

and the Tanker

By WALTER LIPPMANN

in the "New York Herald-Tribune"

Ita coincidence, that tor- only has treaty with Russia TT is a curious coincidence, if with Russia. In fact Japan not. people are, and to drum into the Soviet man-in-the-street that he pedoes should have been fired at which guarantees freedom of is the happiest, the most prosan American destroyer in the access to Vladivostok but sho The Soviet Press is well perous individual in the wide Atlantic on the very day that an has also a very recently signed directed. There arc FIL dozen world.

American oil tanker arrived in treaty with 'Russia, promising commentators on foreign af- This is an expedient policy, fairs. Theirs are the only ar- as the lot of the average Rus. Vladivostok across the Pacific, not to go to war with Russia. ticles on international affairs sian wage-earner with his 285. The last time an American ship In asking us to forego the which appear in the Soviet to 300 roubles average monthly was attacked-the case of the right to ship goods to Siberia, Press.

wage, is by no means easy. The Robin Moor-it just happened the Japanese are asking us to Tass is very skilful. Often more one hears about other that the pressure on Marshal agree not only to suspend our important statements are made people's troubles the less

Petain to accept full collabora- own rights but to connive at the to the Soviet, public without at- tends to worry about one's own.

tion was reaching its climax. violation of these treatles and On the evidence available, it to participato passively in a may be assumed that the attack blockade, that is to say in a war, on the U. S. S. Greer was, if against Russia... not a mistake by the submarino commander, then an incident in- They themselves, having been tended to

to actively at war with China for incite Japan aggressive action. There is four years, feel aggrieved when as yet no evidence that Hitler we reduce our shipments of war follow his movements, and dead himself wants just now to go to supplies to Japan. Yet, though war with the United States over they are not at war with Rus- Iceland or anything else.

sia, they ask-us-to-do-to-Rus—————— For as long is he is engaged sia acts which when done by us with Russin, and while Britain to belligerent Japan, have stands, he has no effective means of waging war against evoked outcries and reprisals. the United States, and he has Then to top it all, they aug. much more to lose than he has gest that we come to a new to gain by starting a naval war

Fifth-Storey Jack

Sergeant

the

Another Episode in the

accurately,

"There's a Number-One, a Number Two, a Number Three,

Watch", the daily newspaper reports each telling of so many persons who have given their lives for a Cause: these must- spasmodically give the Hong- kong conscience [L painful twinge. Isolated да we are, literally an outpost of Empire, Hongkong has so far escaped all but the minor nuisances of war- fare. The war that is ravaging China has left our borders in- tact; the war that Britain is waging for life and death has

PRIVATE LIFE OF not tapped our man-power or depleted our tables. We pay a A PRIVATE little more and we get what we

"A. Number Four," says The THEN Sergeant Fireplug have always had: the best that

Lad from the Elephant and Cas- walks through

camp: tle: the Far East can offers Volun- fellow-sergeants sometimes call teers chafing under a monoton after him "Fifth-Storey Jack!" "That's right," says Sergeant ous routine have

not the and "Fireman save my child!" Fireplug pleasantly surprised, satisfaction of knowing that we and. "Ting-a-ling-a-ling," and "Now these men have got to are actively defending a vital similar expressions of badinage, fix the hose, run it out, join it link in the Empire chain: ours

He is a burly, formidable UP, and get the engine going, so rapidly that startled hares look is but a listening post, a profita- man, with a Charlie Chaplin ke ble door that must be kept open moustache. His duty lies in

"Snails," says the Lad. so long as it pays, a prestige the little red hut where the fire-

"I'LL SHOW YOU”. port, a nerve that will warn the huge body of the approach of danger.

engines are housed.

and

•

He trains the Fire Pickets. "Shullup, you! Slugs. Star- If anything catches alight, it is tied hares look like alugs, great his duty to put it out at the fat alugs. Furthermore, the Hongkong people have read double.

hose has got to be run without with something like amazement Every soldier in his time kinks, dead flat, so straight that of elderly parents out on fire-learns something about putting a white road line looks like a spotting duty all night or giving fires out. One week in five, or manual service to defence six, a company has to do the works. The contrast is often dirty work of the battalion- coal - heaving, painful. It makes own spud-bashing, our grievances scem rather small. guard duty, swabbing, fire-fight-

ing, and so on. Secluded as we thus are from

"LISTEN

1

"Corkscrew," says the Lad. "Silence, you little beast, you! Like a snake with colic.

based

in the Atlantic. But if he could agreement with them incite Japan to hostilities in the upon their violation of their Pacific, he would, at least on the treaties and on our betrayal of short view, have created a serl. China, the Netherlands, Britain,

oua diversion.

do

and Russia. What faith they think we could put in an agreement which originated in

we

It goes without saying that such faithlessness? the. United States will not be. provoked by incidents or intimi dated and deterred by incidents.

Were the United States to We are in Iceland by agreement with the government of Iceland, agree to the Japanese demands, The Axis has no shadow of a permitting Japan to blockade claim on Iceland, and our right Siberia, we should not earn the to a free passage to Iceland; un friendship of Japan and molested by illegal naval opera- should certainly earn the enmi- tions, is indisputable.

a ty or contempt of all our other.

neighbours in the Pacific. We Our need to exercise. these should have prepared

the. "You will report here at eight self-defence is no less certain Japanese conquest or for an rights as a measure of national ground in Siberia either for a every morning.

An outpost near enough to Axis-controlled Russian govern- actual hostilities wo can yet Inevitably, one falls into the

"You will do an hour or so of Europe is essential to the Navy ment. Whereas

now Siberia throw ourselves more heartedly immense hands of Sergeant fire-drill at eleven. You will if it is to guard against surprise stands as a powerful check on into our mission here: keeping Fireplug.

report again at five, and when-attack: even if it were true that Japan, we should have freed ever there is an Alert. You the Western Hemisphere, of Japan for her adventures and ourselves as strong as we can to

He lines us up, and calls the will stand by after dark.

North America, can be defended acquired as our nearest neigh- throw a big stumbling block into roll.

"You will also, for the dura- by the Navy and by bombers, bour In Alaska another danger- the path of any aggressor; con-

tion of this week, all be confined outposts to signal the approach ous enemy "Now listen," he says. tributing as lavishly as possible

of the enemy and thus to give "Every man in this battalion to barracks. Oh, there's no

time to assomblo the defences-In fact, Japan's willingness to to the war and cultivating, the comes here once in a while for need to start muttering.

are absolutely necessary. let us send supplies to Siberia is goodwill of China, But it, must about five seconds, and I'm ex- "Now I am going to show you

the acid test of her good faith be conceded that our ways are pected to teach him how to be a the extremely ruddy simple On the ultimate ground of not only, as respects her treaties largely ordered by the Govern- skilled ruddy firoman,

parts of this beautiful. engine, national self-interest and na- with Russia but as respects any and, having outlined to you your tional self-defence, Iceland is as other promises she may make ment. Hongkong must be kept

"No sooner do I teach a man respective jobs, I am going to necessary as Alaska, Guam' and a going concern and our job is the first thing about fire-engines drill you at them until you are Hawall, anywhere else in the Pacific. to oboy orders.

than he's taken away, and an- so black in the fate that a Negro other mug (Oh, blimey) takes will look like. „X Meanwhile "Ramparte Wo

his place. Watch" touched more emotions:

"Ann Sheridan," says the Lad. than pockets; the Bomber Fund "Now pay attention. You bo "Be quiet. I don't like you. has been sluggish lately. It good boys while you're on fire- I've got very little time, picket with me, and you'll get on but I'm going to make firemen does not seem that Hongkong all right: Start anything out of overy man-jack of you if is fully showing its gratitude Just start anything, and you'll have you running up and down for being left in peace by giving wlah you'd never been born. - like..*** the dates generously to those who are

****"Blue-bottomed files," says the "Now every man on this en Laderni da fighting our war, both Chinese and Europeans. It would not gino has a job to do. Soot Like monkeys on Just one little tiny, simple Job sticks, and you, you in, partico- he: Inopportune to repost

that a child of six could do. But lar, you wish guy you. ! Now. The posi Was-

fory man's got to do that little Bhough, palavera Come round; Job so quick that the eye cannot this engine,

Give

Therefore, we are bound to re- Japanese promises have not main in Iceland as long as the been well kept since 1981. Their Axis threatens to unite all of value would drop to zero it now, Europe in one vast aggressive after Mr. Matsuoka's recent empire. Remaining in Iceland, journey to Moscow, the new we are bound to hold the sens treaty of non-aggression were open as we hold open the song to scrapped how very fat wante other: American outposts, and the Japanese government wants their vital communications are to scrap that treaty along with attacked, to repel the attacking all the others: In the Pacific is conclusive. Idence that a

If an essential Inată further. #g- therefore, that a ericalsra vital interest.