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NAZI CAMPAIGN AGAINST

London Military Parley

London, Yesterday.

SIGNIFICANT of the

sharp change of at- titude in Britain to the negotiations with

sia was a conference held last evening.

POLAND

Another "Warning" Precedent

Sounded

Berlin, To-day.

German "indignation over the latest series of Po- lish incidents" is reflected in an article entitled "Warsaw's Debt Increases," in the "Berliner Nachtausgabe."

Created

Moscow, To-day. MR. Togo, Japanese Ambassador in Mos- cow, yesterday protest- ed against the alleged at- tacks by Mongolian

Rus-"Warsaw's debit balance is growing from day to troops on the Outer Mon- day," it states. The "incident in Liessau" golia-Manchukuo fron- shows that the Polish Government is not inter-tier. ested in maintaining her international obliga-

Mr. Hore-Belisha (the War Minister), Lord Stanhope (First Lord of the Admiralty), Sir Kingsley Wood (Air Minister) and Lord Chatfield (Minister for the Co-dination of Defence) at- tended, together with Lord Hali- fax.

:

The Japanese Ambassador also

tions for transit trade between the Reich and demanded that the authorities at East Prussia.

"Those in Warsaw have evident- ly no comprehension of the extent

the Polish-German situation has COL. BECK CONFERS

sharpened since the Polish Gov- It is stated on good authority ernment following up its entrance that the discussion centred upon into England's encirclement front arrangements for staff talks be-

this guerilla warfare against Ger- tween the British and Soviet

many, and these outrages committ- General Staffs, which will followed against Germans and continuous conclusion of an Anglo-Soviet attacks on Germans in Danzig. agreement.

An early declaration that Bri-

"Warsaw should not overlook the tain, France and Soviet Russia fact that every assault is booked will lend each other mutual sup-up against the Polish Government port in the event of aggression is with the irrefutable assignment of predicted, prior to formal conclu- responsibility. sion of an Anglo-Soviet Agree- ment. Trans-Ocean.

Weather Change

A drop in temperature

of 17 degrees was experi- enced yesterday."

From a maximum of 84 degrees during the day, the thermometer fell to 67 degrees during the night, This morning temperature was 70 degrees, with humidity 86 per cent. There was 71 of an inch of rain In the last 24 hours, bringing the total for the year to 88.05 inches, or 17.91 inches above average.

"This material might one day be come so extensive that the attitude towards Poland, even in those countries which wish to make Po- land their bulwark against Ger- many, could undergo a considerable change." Trans-Ocean,

NAZIS STORE FOR 'RAINY DAY'

BERLIN, TO-DAY.

OF MUCH INTEREST · FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF NA- TIONAL DEFENCE ARE OFFI- CIAL FIGURES PUBLISHED YESTERDAYAA OF CEREAL STOCKS ON HAND AT THE END OF APRIL IN GERMANY. -

Field-Marshal Goering ordered

The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone has increased in intensity and has moved east-numbers of large granaries bullt ward. It is now centred over the last year for reserves in case of Eastern Sea. A trough of low pressure extends from central Indo- Chine across the northern part of the China Sea.

Shanghai, To-day, The yen weakness continued this morning, buyers

95 National

emergency.

Nowy stocks on hand are stated to Ipolude 8.96 million tons of rye and 2.88 million tons of wheat, Gor many now holda a total of 6.94 million tons of bread grain, or twice as much as last year.

It is also claimed that the Reich has stored 8.28 million tons of fod- der (cate and barley) --Trang- Ocean.

WITH SOVIET AMBASSADOR

Ulan-Bator be warned against repetition of such attacks.

This is the first time the Jap anese Embassy in Moscow has approached the Soviet Foreign Office in connection with a mat- ter directly concerning Outer Mongolia, the diplomatic repre- sentation of which has never been assumed by the Soviet.

The protest is believed to have followed an approach on the inci- The Polish Foreign Minister, Co-dents by the Soviet Foreign Ionel Beck, had his first conversa- tion yesterday with the new Soviet Ocean. Ambassador, M. Scharanow.

Warsaw, To-day.

Commissar, M. Molotov.-Trans-

A long conversation took place devoted mainly to discussion of the the attitude of Poland thereto. Anglo-Soviet pact negotiations and Trans-Ocean.

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