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MENACE IN THE BALKANS

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New Phase In Relations Of Allies And Soviet ACTION WARNING

U.S. AND

Important BRITISH

PACIFIC Decision Taken BLACK SEA SEIZURES At War Council BLOCKADE?

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Washington, To-day. The fact that the Russian

steamers stopped in the East by the Royal Navy have American copper among their cargo will not provoke Ameri- can representations to Bri- tain, semi-official circles here declared to Havas.

Copper is the only metal necessary

for war industries which is still ship- ped from the United States to Russia.

Exports of molybdemium and aluminium have stopped as the State Department asked exporters not to ship these metals to a coun try bombing olvilian populations. Enforcement of this moral embargo is impossible on copper which is pro- duced in large quantities outside the U.S.A

The British action thus falls entire- ly in line with American unofficial feelings and will not be the subject of protest by official circles. Havas.

FINLAND AND SOVIET IN CONFLICT

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Helsinki, To-day. Difficulties have arisen be-

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YESTERDAY'S MEETING OF THE SUPREME WAR

LONDON, TO-DAY.

COUNCIL OF THE ALLIES WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF A NEW PHASE IN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET AND THE ALLIES, IN THE OPINION OF BRITISH POLITICAL CIR- CLES.

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London, To-day. Although the British atti- cific, the British Government tude to Russia is entirely pa-

does not intend to return the steamers Selenga and Vladi- mir Mayakovsky, and the Control action will probably soon be repeated whatever the Soviet reactions may be, semi-official circles declare.

The same sources confirm, that the blockade may be extended to the Black

Soviet diplomatic activity, illustrated by Ambas- sador Ivan Maisky's visit to Lord Halifax, which apparently tried to prevent certain Allied measures from materialising, completely fail-Sea and agreements concluded with ed to achieve its purpose, and the Allies are other powers to control Boviet activi preparing a system of sea and land control tending far beyond the measures taken in the last war.

mon to London. British diplomatio representatives In the Balkan coun- tries, as well as the Ambassador in Rome.

ex-

tles.

Russian neutrality protests do not correspond with the facts. This is

why the Allies are adopting an un- spectacular but very drm policy to- wards Moscow.

Although the blockade and control of German exports and imports will probably beed to launch a vast diplomatic action in measures Parts and London consl- The Allies are apparently determin- prepared to either join with the Allies extended to the Black Sea, it with a view to ascertaining the atti- der indispensable or suffer the conse- is, according to well-inform-tude of various Balkan countries and quences of Allied tightening of ed sources, on land control knowing whether these countries are blockade around Germany-Havas,

that a most important deci- London.

sion was taken yesterday in

Confirmation of this fact is found in Lord Halifax's decision to aum-.

tween the Finnish and Rus- JAPANESE

sian negotiators, and the con-

versations now taking place PRESSURE

in Moscow for settling pro- blems connected with the

execution of the peace terms ON WANG

may soon be disrupted, au- thoritative circles here de- clare.

The Finns are displeased with the excessive Russian demands regarding questions connected with Soviet com- mercial representation, and the Rus- slan ire has been aroused by the con- dition of Hapgoe when it was handed over.

(*** The devastation in Hangoe, incidentally, was largely of the sfans' own making).

It is uncont

dissensions:

the retracing! Havas,

WEATHER

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CHUNGKING, TO-DAY.

WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE NEW THAT JAPANESE RECOGNITION WANG MENT" ONLY AS A COUNTERPART - CHING-WEI, "GOVERN- TO VERY IMPORTANT CONCES- 8IONS, 18 THE OPINION OF AU- THORITATIVE, GIROLES HERE.

They consider the postponement of the visit to -Nanking of General Abs,: orted that the special Japanes 'envoy," is “a' now

garding means of ex

festure Över the

Wang" "dovernment

Last minute

winds,

during Japan.

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