The Archive · 1940

Mr. Carroll Alcott Attacked by Paper

Radiq Speakers Comment Slammed by Russian Daily Russian Papers War

The recent, order, issued by Mr. N. A. Ivanow, new head of the Russian Emigrants' Committee, for-'Russian emigres to buy and "Russian Dail; newspapers, where editorials aimed at each other have been Own business" when he commented upon the order in his radio broadcast on Monday evening.

According to the paper, Mr. Alcott said that the Russians should judge dor themselves what they are to do and that it was not Mr. Ivanow's business to mix into the Russian public's private affairs. The paper also stated that, since Mr. Alcott is an American, it was his business still less to comment upon the order. 1t was also reported that Mr. Ivanow would file a protest with the Shanghai Municipal Council against the attack directed by Mr. Alcott in his recent Helpers of the "Enemy"

The order, which started quite a storm in the Russian newspaper columns, was given in the "Shanghai Zaria" a few days ago when Mr. Ivanow warned the Russian community against dealing with the pro-Soviet daily and that those who continued to do so would be regarded "Russian with agitating the Nanking Government and printing provocative statements, A stronger attack was Taunched against the pro-Soviet paper by the "Far Eastern Times," Russian-language paper sponsored by the Japa-mese, which stated in its editorial that unless the "Russian Daily News" stopped printing derogatory statements against the Nanking Government and the actions of the Russian Emigrants' Committee, it would be closed.

It be remembered that the Daily News" was bombed when a missile was thrown

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