MOLOTOV TALK

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 7

MOLOTOV TALK

PEOPLE OF GERMANY LONDON PRESS VIEW TOKIO REMINDER AMERICAN COMMENT I

j (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 3. 9 a.rn.) LONDON, Nov. 2. | Referring in a leading article to the | speech on international affairs given ! in Moscow on Tuesday by the Soviet Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, The Times says that the otdy obvious effect of the speech has been to disappoint Berlin and disillusion the German people.

Tokio messages state that the Japanese press in comment on M. Molotov’s speech says that Russia must give more concrete evidence of good intentions before full Russian-Jap-anese accord can be expected.

Referring to M. Molotov’s declarations regarding the British and French "ideological warfare,” the Kukumin, which voices the ultra Nationalist opinion in Japan, observes: "We seem to be asked to forget that M. Molotov represents the Government which started ideological warfare and launched a programme of world-wide Red propaganda.” Convincing Americans The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says there is little Indication that the demand made by Congressman McCormick following the speech by M. Molotov for the recall of the American Ambassador in Moscow will receive serious consideration.

The correspondent adds that M. Molotov’s speech went far towards convincing American officials that the Russian-German alignment will last a long time. The feeling is growing in Washington that Britain made a mistake in not taking issue over the Russian occupation of Poland and thus discouraging the Soviet attempts to go further, Washington officials are not convinced that Japan is even lukewarm towards an arrangement with the Soviet, which the Russians obviously desire and believe that Japan prefers to reach an understanding with the Western Powers.