The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
July 6, 1915

of Japan proper and much better
Equipped with raw material and agri-
culture than the homeland and is
addition, the flower of Japanese
troops, the Kwantung army of close
to million troops are standing by
watching the Soviets since signing
lanti-comintern with the Nazi bloc.
To contact this army, the backbone
lof Japanese land force, the allies
would have to steam into the Yellow
sea from Okinawa or travel up the
coast from Shanghai, well fortified
strip.
Manchukuo is heavily fortified and
well equipped with military roads
especially on the border joining Rus
STA having continuously been working
on these defenses since 1881 but Mar
shall Zhukov knows how to break
through them with the Red army
General Butcher has been on alert
here with the Red Banner army,
million strong, since the European
war started. Zhukov and Voronv
learned their military tactics here in
numerous clashes with the Japs cul-
minating in Outer Mongolia where
they, with the help of Monaghan
troops destroyed the whole of the
Sixth Japanese army. FROM there
they moved to relieve the Siege of
Moscow and Stalingrad, but the Red
Banner army was left intact in ST.
IBERIA to watch the Japs for, while
Moscow had non-aggression pact
with Japan, it was no more to he
trusted than one signed with Berlin.
Russia's RED Banner" army in ST.
IBERIA is stronger now than it was in
1889 when it last fought the Japs
and, with the aid of Outer Mongolia,
can invade Manchukuo from thr4e
sides with better troops and equip
ment than the Japs can put up against
them.
Siberia is divided into two military
districts, complete with their own
armies and air force besides a strong
submarine fleet in Vladivostok and
prepared to operate unassisted from
European Russia.
More heavy industry is now con-
centrated in Siberia than in the Euro
pean part of the Soviet Union. con-
tanning more strategic raw material
and natural resources than any other
country but a long ways from fully
developed yet.
Sinkiang, large northern province
of unoccupied China does all it's trad
ing with Russia, the only road open,
ie
in the same fix. While banks and
public utilities are government owned,
it is not communist as hele is no
limit to private ownership but it is in
close cooperation with the Soviets,
both politically and socially. China
when attacked by Japan, received aid
from Russia before other countries
came to her help, but, l don't ina
CINE Kai-chek is much of favorite
in Moscow now
Instead Of using Siberia as con-
vict colony, the Soviets are transform
ing the worlds biggest wasteland
into the Worlds busiest workshop.
Despite the fact of its having the
biggest change in temperature of any
country in the world, Ciberia has be-
come the bread basket of the Soviets
as well as the worlds biggest produc-
er of Pistachio crops (nuts) having
a variety of crops from the sub-trop-
ical of Turkmen S. s.. R. to the Arctic
grown crops of Kola Peninsula.
1t has created industrial centers in
the aggregate seven times the total of
European Russia's at Mt. Magnitnaya,
the Worlds largest body of iron ore
Q,935, 100000 tons) the Worlds sec
ond largest-next to Gary in the us,
was built; in the Kuznetski coal
basin (400 billion tons anthracite
coaD the Worlds largest chemical
works, steel mills and other indus
trial works were established; at Lake
Kalkhash a copper combine was fin
ished and other developments all the
way to KOmsomolsk and Vladivostok
put into operation to make Siberia
self sufficient, containing as it does
L. out of "a essential raw materials
needed which tops the list making
Siberia outstanding
What is most interesting to Japan
s the fact that the "Red Banner
lrmy is the biggest and best equipped
standing army in the world fully con-
yersant with the weak spots in Japa-
lese armor.
AS a last resort Japan could move
bodily into Manchukuo to get away
rom Allied navies and air attacks
md possibly hold out indefinitely or
or years, at least, if she can keep
russia neutral, but should Russia
axe hand Japan would be jumping
rom the frying pan into the fire.
1t would shut off practically all of
apan's sea-food including half of the
ordinary Japanese diet, oil from SAX
alin island as well as wool and hides
rom Outer Mongolia, practically all
f which comes from outside of Japan
he ordinary Jap's diet is: rice, fish,
nd sea-weed, most of the sea-food
oming from Kamchatka Bay and the
ice from Thailand and Indo-China be-
ides what is grown in Japan.
Next time Marshal Zhukov sets the
lillion men strong "Red Banner"
rmy with other millions in reserve,
will be an all-out right and not
assed off as a border skirmish which
as SO often happened before, it will
Iso shorten the war by months, if
OF years, and save thousands of
merican lives.
After destroying Japan's war plants,
e have no object in landing on the
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