Evening star., 1945-06-25
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, June 25.-Marshal
Georgi K. zhukov. conqueror of
Berlin and defender OF Moscow, de-
clared in a victory celebration yes
terday that the Russians had
emerged from the war against Ger
many with the most modern and
powerful army in the world" and
that I'VE must increasingly perfect
our military skill = " and develop
our military science"
Speaking at the tomb of Lenin,
after Hitler's personal swastika flag
had been dragged through Red
Square and thrown into a gutter,
Zhukov said THE Soviet state has
emerged even more mighty from the
grim struggle we waged," but eau
toned that "for us Soviet peoples
it is unseemingly to become conceit-
ed or complacent."
zhukov stood beside Premier
Stain on a reviewing stand He
said the victory over Germany grew
out of the Socialist regimes strength
and because the nation was lied to
victory by our great leader and mill
tary genius, Marshal Of the Soviet
| Union, Stain"
Zhukov had ridden into the square
on a cleaning white horse, the
traditional, Russian mount for a
conqueror, in sight of thousands of
Russians and scores of foreign diplo-
mats. 1t was the Soviet Unions
greatest official ceremony to honor
its victorious troops. f.a'
Maxi Banners in Gutter.
Two hundred captured Nazi ban
ners were marched through the
square. dragged along its rainsoaked
cobblestones, and disdainfully tossed
into the cutters before Lenin's tomb
while Stain and other leaders Of the
Russian people watched silently.
Carried by 200 Red Army soldiers,
the German standards followed i'm
mediately behind a parade of high
officers. AS they approached the
open space in front Of the tomb
before Stain, the carriers dropped
the standards. Bands stopped play
ing. There was the deep, thunder
ing roll of hundreds Of drums.
Thousands of eyes followed the
standards, which glittered with Ger
man medals and black swastikas.
AS the first banner carriers
reached the tomb they tossed aside
the Nazi flags without turning their
heads and marched on witholt even
breaking step.
Officials View Parade,
From atop the marble monument,
Stain, Foreign Commissar Molotov,
President Kalinin and other govern
ment and party heads and officers
OF the army, navy and air force
stared down at the standards of a
vanquished foe who four years ago
today was charging through the
Soviet Union in an undeclared war.
The drums rolled out their thun-
der. The parade continued.
Moscow's crowds began before
dawn to gather for the parade.
Among the first to reach the re-
viewing stand were United States
Ambassador w. Averell Hartman
Mr.. Harriman's daughter, Kathleen;
British Ambassador Sir Archibald
Clark-Kerr and President Boleslaw
Beirut, Premier Edouard Obsuka-
Morawski and StanislaW Mikolai-
czyk of the new Polish provisional
government.
In the parade were Polish stand
ards and Polish officers who helped
to storm Berlin.
Premier Stain wore a gray mill
tary topcoat adorned with gold
braid. He arrived and climbed the
reviewing stairs shortly after 1c
am, followed by President Kalinin
Commissar Molotov and other men,
bers of the Communist Party Cen.
trail Committee.
One minute after Premier Stair
reached his place the Kremlir
chimes rang out. Down in the
square, the parade leader, Marsha
Konstantin Rokossovsky, command.
'er of the I'd White Russian Army
swept into view astride a black
horse.
Rokossovsky wore his blue-greer
marshal's dress uniform. A sworc
glittered in his gloved, upraiset
right hand.
Halts At Tomb.
His horse halted before Lenin'.
tomb. where the marshal was me-
by Zhukov astride his snow whit.
mount. They saluted, shook hand,