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The Nome Daily Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Mexico City, exiled Leon Trotsky stated Russia cannot fight Italy due to internal issues, dismissing imminent Italo-Russian war and describing Stalin's policy as supportive of European status quo. He viewed Russian role in Spanish Civil War as approved 'police' duty and doubted intervention in China-Japan conflict despite airplane shipment reports.
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MEXICO CITY. Sept. 16--Russia cannot afford to engage in a war with Italy or any other foreign power because of her pressing internal problems, Leon Trotsky said. "I firmly do not believe an Italo-Russian war is imminent," he said. It is barely inconceivable except as a complement to a Russo-German war. I don't believe Stalin wishes to embarrass European capitalists nations, on the contrary. he seeks to convince them by all means that he is a firm pillar of the status quo and of established order.
Russian intervention in the Spanish civil war is in the form of "police" duty he said and that it has the tacit approval of France and Great Britain. The exiled former Russian dictator also said he did not believe Russia would interfere in the conflict between China and Japan, although he had heard of reports that Russian airplanes were being shipped to Shanghai.
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Sept. 16
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Leon Trotsky stated that Russia cannot afford to engage in a war with Italy or any other foreign power due to pressing internal problems. He firmly does not believe an Italo-Russian war is imminent, except as a complement to a Russo-German war. He believes Stalin does not wish to embarrass European capitalist nations but seeks to convince them he is a firm pillar of the status quo and established order. Russian intervention in the Spanish civil war is in the form of 'police' duty with tacit approval of France and Great Britain. Trotsky also said he did not believe Russia would interfere in the conflict between China and Japan, although he had heard reports of Russian airplanes being shipped to Shanghai.