SOVIET POLICY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1939, Page 5

SOVIET POLICY

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION WITH JAPAN SOME TALK OF ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY. SALE OF WAR MATERIALS. MOSCOW, September 4. M Molotov met the Japanese Ambassador suggesting the possibility of fresh negotiations to end the Russian-Japanese frontier dispute. It is reported without confirmation that Germany and Russia are planning to sign a military alliance designed lo settle “various questions in connection with the disposal of Bessarabia and the Strciils ” The Polish Ambassador informed the Soviet of the German aggression against Poland, which Poland accepts as a war forced on her by such aggression. It is stated in circles close to the Soviet that the Government Red Army will never fight beside the Nazis, but it is considered that Russia will sell war materials to both sides, following the precedent established by the Unit ■ ed States during the civil war in Spain. TURKEY’S FAITH CLOSE WATCH ON ITALY. (Received This Day. 9.55 a.m.) NEW YORK. September 5. An American Press Association Istanbul correspondent sa.vs competent circles stated that Turkey would be faithful to her. alliance with Britain and Franco and maintain an attitude of expectation, with a close watch on Italy, whose first sign of joining Germany would be the signal for an immediate Turkish movement. The German-Turkish trade agreement expired on August 31 and is not being renewed. GERMAN FREIGHTER SUNK BY BRITISH CRUISER. CREW TAKEN TO MONTEVIDEO. Ry Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. MONTEVIDEO .Uruguay. Sept. 5. The British cruiser. Ajex. shelled and sank the German freighter, Olinda, bound for Hamburg with cereals and canned meat. The Ajax ordered the master and the crew to take to the boats and then sank the Olinda, which is the first enemy vessel destroyed since the outbreak of hostilities. The crew wore taken to Montevideo. TWO MORE SHIPS SUNK. (Received This Day. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON. September 5. It is officially announced that the German ships Olinda and Carl Fritzen have been sunk. The crews are safe. The Olinda was of 4576 tons. She was built in 1927.