Moscow, Feb, 15
The removal of General Ykov Allesnis, chief of the Soviet Air Force, whose arrest was reported several weeks ago, is confirmed. today by the "Izvestia," which docs not mention him direeily but declares that General Loktionov, "new Chief of the Air Force," was among. the pall-bearers at the funeral of the Victims of the Soviet dirigible wreek= ed a few days ago, Gen. Alksnis was one of the last two of Marshal Voroshilon's. five commissars of defence who survived the recent purge, He apparently enjoyed the Kremlin's favours until Just before the elections to the first Soviet Parliament in' December, when he was removed from" the list of registered candidates and placed by another man—Reuter, tions with China are now subor inated to her ideological association with Japan... The Chinese people will be disagreeably impressed."
Many, people, the Ambassador a clared, had described the Fuehrer's statement that China was not mentally and materially strong enough 10 Fesist a Bolshevik: attack as insolent, entirely agree," Me added.—Reuter,
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