KNOWN AS “MR BROWN"

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 June 1942, Page 3

KNOWN AS “MR BROWN"

MOLOTOV IN WASHINGTON. AMERICA & THE TREATY WITH BRITAIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) WASHINGTON, June 12. The Secretary to the President, Mr Stephen Early, told reporters today that M. Molotov was known as Mr Brown” during his visit here He moved freely in the streets of the capital unrecognised, and bought peanuts from a vendor opposite the White House. “The Anglo-Russian treaty is a momentous development,” says I , “New York Times” in an editorial, which forecasts fundamental shifts m the balance of forces that may have immense consequences for the future of Europe. 1 , It adds: “Though the United States is not included in the Anglo-Russian treaty, the close co-operation between America Britain and Russia is not affected.'On the contrary, the bilateral character of the treaty may foreshadow the system of regional groupings which is vaguely envisioned in Washington and London as the basis of a new peace structure. It can be disclosed that the British and American Governments closely consulted each step of the negotiations with Russia. Moreover, there is reason to believe that the final draft of the An-glo-Russian accord was influenced by American views.”