Why Are Ice-Bound Regions Being Developed?
London, Nov. "What is the Soviet Government's purpose in developing at enormous expense the ce-bound regions of northern Siberia?" asks "The Times"
editorial commenting on a series of articles which the newspaper has been publishing under the title "Russia in the Arctic"
'The reasons for this move, says the Journal, fall into two main' groups—military and economic, If Russia can guarantee her ships passage for at least part of the year along the northern seas, as she is now trying to do, not only' wil she take much heavy' tra fe off the trans~ Siberian railway, but would have an al-Russian route in war tine for small battleships and merchantmen, The. Soviet also realizes that, frame through the Arctic Sea 1s to be of any value, it must be re-fuelled and re-victualled en route, hence the from construction of town and factories throughout the north—Reuter.
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