Rome, Jan. 2.
Russian troops are massing "in the Caucasus for a drive into India, the "Messaggero" Cairo correspondent reported last night.
"For the past twenty days," the correspondent "Messaggero" correspondent at Teheran, the Russians have massed 800,000 troops on the Afghan frontier and it is also reported that(an Anglo-French expeditionary force of 300,000 troops, commanded by General Maxime Weygand, is being organized to meet the Soviet menace."
The "Messaggero" correspondent at Calcutta reported that it was understood a volunteer Indian militia was being formed to enable Anglo-Indian regulars to concentrate at the Khyber Pass.—United Press.
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