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A high Red Army officer, who would probably be shot if I revealed his name and rank, told me after returning from fighting with the loyalists in Spain' shortly before I left Russia in the fall of 1937: "We re not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special efforts to increase Russia s ability to carry on a prolonged war are embodied in the Soviet's third five-year plan. Details of the plan, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[There is much talk in Europe of the likelihood of Germany, in the event of war, attempting to outflank the French Maginot Line by a march through Holland, just as she violated Belgian neutrality in 1914. Mr. MacColl has recently returned from Holland, where he had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AS 1938 drew to a close, the outstanding feature of the economic situation, affecting American business and markets alike was the conflict between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While the Japanese militarist-fascists have won many battles in China, they are losing the decisive struggle at home. The anti-war masses there are warging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whilst was time propoganda teaches that the enemy, every man jack of them are edwards, villains or worse, and whilst strangely enough most people in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Providing you can get jigs, tools, and materials, and can absorb labour you should be able to produce British military aircraft in Australia within two…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In the commons to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) foreshadowed compensation for civilians from the public funds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Herr Hitler unequivocally claims the return of the former German Colonial possessions, yet says that he does not regard the Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EFFORTS to increase Russia's ability to carry on a prolonged war are embodied in a Four-Year Plan to be completed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"IT is essential that the Italians and Germans should know that they would commit suicide if they made war against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the event of attack, Britain would send four or five capital ships to defend the Commonwealth, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Canadian Commons today, Mr. Georges Heon, a Quebec Liberal (Government party), delivered the first denunciation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I believe that if there was a war lasting two years every known form of government would be completely changed," said Earl Castle Stewart,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Either the world's riches must be distributed according to the power of violence or by justice. Then peace will prevail," declared Herr Hitler, in his anniversary speech to the Reichstag last night (which was reported in the City edition of the "Herald"…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The recent international crisis revealed that not only had the British. Government made no effective plans, for the defence of the civilian population against air attacks, but that no steps were taken to prevent profiteering in the sale…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the close of the Paramatta recruiting rally on Wednesday, 50 applications were made for enlistment in the local units…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a speech to the Newcastle Rotary Club to-day. Mr. Windeyer, K.C., said that employers who grudged their men time for military training would be on the same plane as…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Parliamentary Secretary for Industry Mr. Lawson, M.P., has enlisted in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps. He held a commission in this corps some…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →HITLER'S Opera House speech last night demanded the return of former colonies. This was Germany's only outstanding territorial claim against the Western Powers, said Hitler…
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