STATES ADVISED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20046, 19 September 1939, Page 7

STATES ADVISED

SOVIET NOTE NEUTRAL RELATIONS POLES STILL FIGHTING EMBASSY DECLARATION C!OVERNMENT ACTIVE (F.lec. Tel. Copyright —United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 18, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. IG. A Moscow message states that the Soviet's note to the Ambassadors and Ministers of all States maintaining diplomatic relations with the Soviet states that Russia would pursue a policy of neutrality in the relations with their countries. The recipients were Germany, Italy, China. Japan, England, France, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, the United States of America, Finland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Mongolia, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Belgium, Rumania, Lithuania, Hungary and Norway.

The Moscow correspondent of the News Exchange Agency states that authoritative Polish circles in Moscow insist that Poland still exists as a State and is still fighting, and holds the major part of her territory. They emphasise that in accordance with jhistoric tradition, a State continues even if occupying only a small part of its territory. The Poles see a contradiction in Russia’s declaring the Polish Government non-existent, while simultaneously handing a note to the Polish representative in Moscow, who rejected it. He now awaits his Government’s instructions.

The Paris correspondent of the News Exchange says that Russia’s advance into Poland did not surprise diplomatic circles, who are convinced that the German-Soviet pact contained secret clauses providing for the partition of Poland. Moscow’s declaration of the maintenance of neutrality is interpreted to mean that the Soviet does not intend to come in on the German side.

A Bucharest message states that it is reported there that the President of Poland, M. Moscicki, the Foreign Minister, Colonel ,J. Beck, and other Government officials at Wischnitz, in Rumania, ar.e expected soon in Cemauti.