JOINT ACTION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 May 1939, Page 7

JOINT ACTION

DEMOCRACIES AND SOVIET BASIS OF DISCUSSION. M. MAISKY CLEARS UP MISUNDERSTANDING. By Telegraph—Press .Association—Copyright. (Received This Dav, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, May 10. The Russian Ambassador, M. Ivan Maisky, called at the Foreign Office to clear up misunderstandings regarding the Anglo-Soviet negotiations. A Tasu Agency message left the impression that the Soviet might, in certain circumstances, be left alone in a conflict following upon an act of aggression. It is stated in official circles in London that England and France had not intended to seek Russian aid unless they were themselves already engaged in such a conflict. MEASURES IN POLAND AGAINST OFFENDING GERMANS. EXPULSION & IMPRISONMENT. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) WARSAW, May 10. Thirteen Germans have been expelled from Posnan for adopting a disloyal attitude and spreading false rumours. Two women have been expelled from the Polish “Corridor” frontier zone, for illegal activities against'the State. Six Lodz Germans have been sentenced to two months imprisonment for attempting to cross the frontier illegally. ' CONFERENCE IN WARSAW. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR & COLONEL BECK. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) WARSAW. May 10. Colonel Beck and M. Potemkin conferred with a view to putting RussianPolish relations on a normal basis.