1938-02-26 — Page 24

U.S. DECLINES TO ACCEPT TOKYO WARNING

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SOVIET AND VOLUNTEERS

London, To-day. ·

M. Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Am- bassador, saw Lord Plymouth, chair- Washington, To-day. man of the non-intervention com- The Secretary of State, Mr.mittee, yesterday noon about the Cordell Hull, stated yesterday British formula for withdrawal of that the United States had re-volunteers from Spain, and the point fused to accept Japan's warning at. which belligerent rights should. to Americans to leave Central be accorded to both sides. China and specially to mark their property.

Mr. Cordell Hull said that a straightforward Note had been presented to Japan declaring that

for any injury to Americans or

It is believed that M. Maisky is now awaiting instructions from Moscow before defining the Soviet attitude. Reuter.

Japan would be held responsible RIBBENTROP TO damage to their property. PAY FAREWELL

He added that the United States had advised nationals to leave voluntarily certain areas in China, and this advice was being observed.-Reuter.

ITALY AND AUSTRIA

LONDON VISIT

London, To-day.

Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany's new Foreign Minister, will shortly visit London, where he was formerly Ambassador, to bid farewell to friends and the staff of the German Embassy.

It is understood that Herr

von

Milan, To-day.

Neville Commenting on the broadcast de-Ribbentrop is seeing Mr.

Chamberlain and Lord Halifax, livered by Dr. Schuschnigg of Aus- tria, the Italian press lays

but it is not indicated that there special stress on those passages of the

will be anything more than inform- rela- speech which emphasised that Aus-al talks over Anglo-German trian independence was not affected by the Austro-German understand- ing and that the Rome protocol It is notified that the Hon. Mr. would remain the basis for the re-Norman Lockhart Smith, C.M.G., gulating of relations between Aus- resumed duty as Colonial Secretary tria and Germany. Trans-Ocean. on Thursday.

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