Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-26
Stain Predicted Maxi War
lin May 6 Speech I'D Red Cadets
Gave the Soviet Army
a Toast of Victory
ar Banquet

International Ne~s ser,ine Cable
RFRNE. Switzerland, June 70.
As long AGO as May 6 Josef
Stain realized that war with
Germany was inevitable despite
his desperate efforts at "appease-
ment International News Serv-
ice is able 10 reveal today.
Information reaching Barn c
from an international News SeV-
ICE correspondent who left Russia
nus; before tho RuSso-Geman war
began discloses that Stain Off
ciany warned that conflict was
coming in an address 10 graduates
of the Red Army military acsde-
mics on that date.
The formal graduation cere-
monies in the Kremlin were fol-
lowed hy state banquet, ~
which a member OF his government
proposed a toast 10 the "StalniSi
peace policy The 61-ycar-old
Bolshevik leader rose 20 his feet
CHANGES THE TOAST
"No.- ne said brushing aside
the toast with wave of his
hand.
"Not 70 the Stalinist peace
policy.
ITO victory Of the glorious
Red army in the great battle
against Fascist Germany.
The graduation ceremonies
themselves were reported in the
Russian press, bur no details were
published. But diplomatic circles
received accurate information as
10 what occurred, and no one IN
official Moscow was unduly sur
prised when at dawn on Sunday,
June %. the Nazi legions launched
their invasion.
To the graduates. Stain talked
for 40 minutes. emphasizing inn
porfance OF the reorganization, re-
ouiprnent and modernization which
during recent months brought the
Red army up TO modern standards.
END OF TOLERATION
But these additional statements
NOT published at the time--were
made:
"Our glorious Red army must
he prepared 20 fight Fascist
Germany ~ any moment, and To 4
fight on enemy territory. As
long rs Hitler occupied himself /
with rectification Of the injus-
tees of Versailles we could, and
did, support Germany.
"Now Hitler II striving for /
world domination. This we can
not tolerate. We will fight Ger
many to the death"
Not only the several thousand
Red army graduates but the en-
tire Soviet government and rank \
ing officers of the army. navy and
air force were present while Stain
told them which way the wind
was blowing.
Prior 10 that time. IL was under
stood that the kremln was deter .
mined 10 avoid war with Germany
ut any price. Stain was pictured
as prepared 10 do anything, except
perhaps demobilize the Red army
or allow occupation Of any part of
Soviet territory by German troops.
49, 49, ~rr -rxynO
Stain had 40 years Of experience
fighting against Czarist CoSSacks
oppositionlsts and hcreticS IN his
own party and many others. He
defeated many an internal enemy
better equipped and stronger than
he. He did il by cool calculation,
clever maneuvering and hard work
He let his enemies destroy one
another. He had planned 10 do the
same with Germany
A certain ambassador who re-
Gently returned 10 Moscow from
Berlin said he knew for A fact
that the German general staff was
confident in It's ability 10 beat the
Red army and occupy the Ukraine
and the Caucasus in from three TO
six weeks. In view Of the expense
and disorganization, however, the
German staff would have preferred
TO see a peaceful solution, the
envoy said and approaches were
made to Stain.
nv NFCnTIATFn
Diplomatic and military obServ-
ers in Moscow felt that Stain
would negotiate and he did. His
"appeasement' took the form of