MOSCOW EN FETE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1939, Page 6

MOSCOW EN FETE

OVER SEIZURE OF POLISH TERRITORY DELEGATIONS WELCOMED. FROM UKRAINE AND WHITE RUSSIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, October 31. Celebrating the incorporation of Western White Russia and the Western Ukraine in the Soviet Union, Moscow is flagged and in holiday mood. Thousands of workers assembled in the afternoon at the Belo Russki Station, where they saw high officials welcome the White Russian and Ukrainian delegations, who subsequently participated in the Supreme Council. Thousands of delegates from European and Asiatic Russia, picturesquely costumed, gave M Stalin and his ministers an ovation lasting for 10 minutes. Foreign visitors at the Kremlin included representatives of the belligerent countries, except Poland. Envoys from neutral countries were also present. TALKS WITH TURKEY CLOSING OF ELACK SEA REFUSED. HOPES OF BETTER RELATIONS WITH JAPAN. (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, October 31. “Regarding the Turkish negotiations, M Molotov said in his address to the Soviet Council, Russia wanted a mutual assistance pact limited to the Black Sea, to prevent enemy ships entering. Turkey refused. Russia was ready for a vital improvement in Russo-Japanese relations. Trade talks were imminent.