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Show No Threat of War The popular reaction to the recent re-cent tenseness in diplomatic relations re-lations between the United States and Soviet Russia is highlighted by the war rumor which swept Tampa,' Florida, where many citizens inquired of newspaper offices about the truth of a report that Russia had declared war on this country and that army reserves re-serves had been ordered back to active duty. There is, so far, no reason to believe that war will result between be-tween the United States and Russia Rus-sia and it is somewhat dangerous danger-ous for the populace to readily accept the view that a conflict is inevitable. While there are difference of opinion between the two nations, and some difficulty in connection with their effort to understand each other, the threat of war, either now or in i the mimediate future, is not ap-I ap-I parent. The domestic situation in Russia Rus-sia does not suggest that the Soviet authorities desire war. Russia needs many years for reconstruction and it is difficult to believe that the leaders of the Communistic Government would precipitate an armed clash. What the future has in store remains an uncertainty but there is the prospect, at least, that the two nations will adjust themeselves to the world situation and manage man-age to avoid anything like an armed clash. |
