The Archive · 1936

They Wilt Pay

Moscow, Dec, 26.

The propaganda "campaign which began here after the sinking of the Soviet vessel Komsomol is daily me creasing in violence, evidently with the approval of the Soviet authori ties. "The threatening tone of the language employed at the mass mectings throughout the country' is char acterized by" the remark. which is Fepeated time and again: "They will have to pay dearly for this."

At a mass meeting at Kiev, one of the orators announced that an entire: squadron of warships to be named Komsomot will be built from the pro= ceeds. of the collections which are now being held, At a mass meeting in Leningrad, another speaker declared that "the Patience of the Soviet Government Ir how exhausted."—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min, Submarines May be Used Paris, Dee. 27.

The USSR. has decided to send squadron of five submarines to. Me-Oiterranean waters following the sink= jing of, the Soviet s. Komsomel, "Lo Matin" asserted to-day.

'The squadron, which, it is alleged, will have bases in e¢rtain' Spanish Government ports, will convoy all Soviet merchant ships and will tor~ pedo any Insurgent ships that may try fo stop the conveyed vessels, Moreover, the paper asserts, small guns are being mounted on Soviet Cargo ships before starting to Spanish

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