RUSSIA SUSPICIOUS OF GERMANY

Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 13

RUSSIA SUSPICIOUS OF GERMANY

Poland Invaded to "Share Swag” Interesting Light on Soviet Policy Based on Britain’s Ultimate Victory " LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at 11.5 a.m.) It is stated in authoritative circles in London that, although Russia declared her neutrality so far as the major war is con* cerned, military experts would not be surprised at any development. Russia appears to have invaded Poland in order to share the swag, but it is clear that she does not trust Germany, for which reason she may possibly even yet insist on a buffer state. , A message from Paris states that an interesting light on Russian policy is shed by reports of M. Stalin’s conversations with representatives of States in which Moscow displayed particular interest. It is said that M. Stalin warned the Bulgarian delegation before signing the Russian-German treaty to beware of being drawn into the war on the side of Germany, because she is fated to defeat. Thus the impression is formed that M. Stalin’s policy is based on the idea that Britain will finally win, but he wants to prevent her winning cheaply, because it would lead to an Anglo-Saxon hegemony over Europe, which would be dangerous to future Russian development.