Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
STAIN PREPARED
T0F|GHT JAPANESE.
Dictator Declares Russia
Will Aid Mongolia in
Event of Attack.
BY the Associated Press.

Event OF Attack.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March Russia
under Joseph Stain Is ready to war
with Japan If necessary to preserve
Outer Mongolia's independence, the
Soviet dictator said in an interview
given Roy w. Howard. chairman of
the board of Scripps- Howard news
papers and published today under
World copyright by the New York
World-T Telegram.
IF Japan ventures to attack the
Monaghan Peoples Republic and seeks
to destroy its independence. we have to
be able to help that republic" Howard
quoted Stain as saying in reply to a
direct question.
The interview was held in Stains
Office in the Kremlin, in Moscow, and
lasted for three hours, in which the
soft-spoken Soviet leader discussed the
Far East situation, particularly the
war threat, the possibility Of war in
Central Europe, and Soviet-American
relations.
Japan Seeking Wedge.
Neutral military observers believe
Japan Is seeking to drive a wedge
into Outer Mongolia by way Of Man
chukuo, intended to block off assist
| ance for the Soviet by way of China
proper in the event of war" Howard
| commented.
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capital Of Outer Mongolia, the jap
anese air forces would be in an advan-
tageous position to threaten the trans
Siberian line at one Of its most vul-
nerable points"
Would a japanese attempt to
seize Ulan Bator make positive action
by the Soviet Union necessary"
Stain was asked.
| Yes" was the reply.
Have recent events developed any
new japanese activities in this region
which have been construed by the
Soviets as Of an aggressive nature?"
Howard continued.
THE Japanese seem to be continu-
ing to concentrate their troops on the
frontier of the Monaghan peoples
republic" he quoted Stain as an
Swering, "but SO far there have been
no new attempts to create border in
cidents."
Stain. recalling that red troops
supported the Mongolians against jap
anese assisted White Russians as an
aftermath of the Russian revolution,
asserted. Howard wrote, that:
I'VE would help that republic as We
Gid in 1921
Germany Held Aggressive.
In swift transition from Far East to
Middle Europe Howard and Stain dis
cussed the possibilities of German ag-
erosion against Russia.
/ The Soviet Union appears to be-
lieve that Germany and Poland nave
| aggressive designs against the Soviet
Union and are planning military CO.
! operation" remarked Howard in con-
Structing the next question.
Poland. however. has protested her
unwillingneSs to permit any foreign
| troops to use her territory as a base
| for operation against third nation.
How does the Soviet Union envisage
such aggression by Germany? From
what position and In what direction
would the German military forces OPP
! erate?"
| History shows" was Stains reply.
that when a state is intent on war
| against another state. even one not
adjacent. the aggressor seeks an in
| termediate state whose frontiers touch
those of the object of her aggression.
| Usually 1t is successful in finding
such a frontier.
| This is accomplished sometimes by
force, as in 1914 in Belgium, or by
| other means, as in 1918 when the
Germans borrowed the Latvian from
tier in a drive against Leningrad.
Il do not know what specific from
tiers would be best adapted to the
German purposes. but think they
would find people prepared to lend
them frontier"
Wars Simply Start.
1t is impossible to say" when the
next war will come, Stain asserted,
| adding:
Nowadays wars are not declared.
They simply start"
He asserted Japan and Germany
were the focal points of war danger.
Where are the war clouds more
menacing. in the East or in the West?"
Howard inquired.
1T is difficult to say" was the an
hot viSf nd hnf
smouldering.
Compared to either of these. the
Italian Ethiopian conflict is an episode.
For the moment, perhaps, the situ-
alton in the Far East is more menacing,
but the center of danger may shift to
Europe. It is symptomatic that
even when Herr Hitler speaks peace
he cannot dispense with threats
Stain, genial, without dramatics,
displaying little Of the power that
makes him supreme in land Of
ia, 000, 900 people, declared in simple,
straightforward language that cap
italism furnished the chief war men,
ace today"
"You recall the origins of the last
powers to redivide the world. Today
we face the same state of affairs" he
said.
There are certain states which feel
they have not shared equally in the
distribution of territories, markets,
raw materials, spheres of influence, etc.
Cites Views Of Capitalists.
"Capitalism in its imperialistic phase
is system which regards war as a
legitimate instrument for settling in
ternational disputes. Although it does
not give this method legal status, 1t
accepts 1t in fact"
There is mo justification" for fear
that Soviet Russia will try to force
its political theories Gu other nations,
he continued.