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TURKEY REMAINS LOYAL TO AGREEMENTS WITH ALLIES: MOSCOW NEGOTIATIONS FAIL

Ankara, To-day.

ANKARA RADIO STATES that the Turkish Premier STOCKHOLM yesterday gave an account of the Moscow talks MAY MAKE

to the Government Party.

He said that when the Turkish Foreign Minister left PEACE BID

for Moscow both countries had already exchang-

London, To-day.

It is learned that although no agenda

ed views on the treaty which was to be negotiat-has been published for the conference ed..

The negotiations have not so far been successful.

ESTHONIA SHUTS ITSELF OFF

SUNK

Oslo, To-day.

The Norwegian steamer, Lorentz W. Hansen, is re- ported to have foundered on her way from Canada to England.

No details of the circumstances of the sinking are yet known.

The owners of the ship are not cer- tain whether she was mined or tor pedoed.

The crew of 21 has been taken on board the Oslo steamer, Kongsdal. Reuter.

AIR DEFENCES IN

FIRTH OF FORTH'

London, To-day.

Asked in the House of Commons it the anti-aircraft defences in the Firth of Forth were sufficient to protect Edinburgh, the Prime Minister replied that the defences were in the highest degree effective→→Reuter.

to be held to-day at Stockholm be- to Moscow yesterday started to discuss tween the Kings of Norway, Sweden the talks with the Finnish Govern and Denmark and the President of ment after his return from the Soviét The Soviet had presented complete-Finland, and their Foreign Ministers, capital.

No official communique has been ly new proposals which could not be it is reported that the possibility

_and_the_Soviet-Finnish issued but the Finnish envoy will re- reconciled with Turkey's obligations peace-moves.

turn to Moscow as early as possible. negotiations will be discussed. towards Britain' and France.

of

TO MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY

It was impossible to bring the talks According to a report from Helsin-Reuter. to a successful conclusion, Neverthe-ski, the conference will consider ask- Signor less relations with ussia continued ing President Roosevelt and to be founded on a friendly basis. Mussolini to assume the role of peace

Reuter,

DARDANELLES DECISION Tallinn, To-day.

to the The

· Parliamentary Esthonian

Speaking Govern-

group of the Peoples' Republican ment have announced that Party, the Prime Minister yesterday all telephone and telegraph said that the reason an agreement was communications, with foreign not reached in

the Soviet -presented M. Sarajoglu countries will be interrupted with completely new proposals, which from to-day.

It also announces that the sale of liquor is prohibited and ordinary traffic interrupted.

It is presumed these are precautions taken while the Soviet troops march to the bases they will occupy under the recent agreement. How long the restrictions will continue is not known,

Reuter.

VON PAPEN LEAVES FOR BERLIN

Ankara, Tordpy

Herr von Papen, the German Am- bassador in Turkey, who is supposed to have been responsible for the initial negotiations leading to the Soviet-German understanding, suddenly That hight for Berlin.

The suddenness of his departure astonished well-informed quarters. --- Reuter.

WEATHER FORECASTI North

left

and, Kaft Winds, light to, moder,

Moscow was that

were irreconcilable with Turkey's ob- ligations to England and France.

The guarantees offered to Turkey did not compensate for the obliga- tions they were asked to incur.

Regarding the Dardanelles, Turkey considered it essential not to bind stipulations other than herself to those provided under her interna- tional engagements of a general or- der.-Reuter.

PACTS WITH ALLIES TO BE SIGNED.

in

Istanbul, To-day. According to a telegram received

understood from Ankara. it is well-informed circles that Turkey is signing Mutual Assistance Pacts with Britain and France before the week- end.-Reuter.

SHARP CLASHES ON WESTERN FRONT

Paris, To-day. The position on the Western Front: showed no change all during yester- hough there were sharp infan-

at several points.,

mediators.-Reuter.

FINNISH discussioN

Helsinki, To-day. The leader of the Finnish delegation

HAVE

Stockholm, To-day.

The Swedish Premier declared yesterday: "Denmark, Norway, Swedan and Finland are determined to main- tain their neutrality and political in-

Reuter. dependence.”

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