RUSSIAN ARMY.
PROPOSAL FOR REDUCTION. OPPOSED BY r SOVIETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 2, 10.55 p.m. Copenhagen, Feb. 1. A telegram from Moscow’ states that Lenin, at a meeting lof the Central Executive, proposed an army reduction of 50 per cent., with a view to meeting American wishes. Trotsky strongly opposed the proposal, declaring that the Genoa Conference was only a trap, and that if Russia disarmed she would be immediately attacked.
Lenin’s proposal was rejected, and a resolution adopted that the political situation does not allow of one-sided disarmament of Russia, which was threatened on all frontiers. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1922, Page 5
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102RUSSIAN ARMY. Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1922, Page 5
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