THE RED ARMY

Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1930, Page 6

THE RED ARMY

SOVIFT’S PREPAREDNESS

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

LONDON, November 16

“The 'l'imes’,s” Riga correspondent states: While M. Litvinqff was discussing the matter of disarmament at Geneva, the Soviet had begun a monster agitation, lasting for ton days, to make the in,asses “war ready,” special attention being directed to the necessity for military, naval, aviation and gas warfare in view of evergrowing danger of an attack by the capitalist enemy. Agitators are encouraging the workers to contibute their overtime payments towards the strengthening of the Red Army, and especially for building aircraft. -' All of the newspapers publish an article of Maxim Gorky, written in his luxurious villa at Sorrento, exortiivg the workers to arm and to enable the Soviet to deal a crushing blow to their enemies. He declares: “The Soviet civil war has not ended. Engineers, specialists, and professors are still active against the revolution.” The correspondeunt states: This socalled plot and alleged Franco-Bntish preparations for an invasion of Russia are being given great prominence in the newspapers, which are virtually singing: “We don’t want to fight, but, by Jmgo, if we do!”