"FULL ADHESION" TO AXIS
Rome, To-day.
BRITISH TRADE
MISSION ENDS POLISH TASK
Warsaw, To-day. The British Trade Mission to Poland had
After the meeting of the Fascist Grand Council, which lasted two and three-quarter hours, the Coun- cil issued a communique declaring virtually concluded its full adhesion to the Rome-Berlin task last evening.
Axis in the face of the threatened united front of the Democracies.— Reuter.
INTENSE ACTIVITY IN POLISH CAPITAL
Warsaw, To-day.
The buzz of diplomatic activity in the Polish capital continues un- abated.
Visitors to the Foreign Ministry yesterday included M. Leon Noel, the French Ambassador, the Papal Nuncio, Monsignore Kortsei, the Italian and British Ambassadors and the Ministers of Belgium and Lithuania.
The latter discussed the Memel issue.
He subsequently reported to the Kovno Council of Ministers on his interview with the Polish Foreign Minister.
The conversations were not confined to commercial relations between the two countries. There are reasons to believe that Mr. Hudson was authorised to place certain proposals of a poli- tical nature before the Polish Government.
Although official quarters re- main reticent about lengthy con- versations which Mr. Hudson had with Colonel Beck, it is ru- moured that these revolved! around suggestions of closer ad- hesion by Poland to the Anglo- French Pact.
In a communique issued by the British Delegation, it is stated that the talks led to satisfactory and positive results in regard to the Anglo-Polish Trade Treaty
of 1935.
The question of a British loan to Poland is still under considera- tion by the City rather than by the British Government.
While part of the British Mis- sion will remain in Warsaw to continue the negotiations, Mr. R. S. Hudson will continue to Trans- Moscow this morning. Ocean.
It is stated that the Ukranian National Movement has protested prepared to grant Poland a loan of against the incorporation of the £25 million for the further indus- Carpatho-Ukrania with Hungary. trial development of the San-
It is reported that Britain is | Vistula region. Trans-Ocean.
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