Warsaw, Apr. 24.
No European entente or negotiations can be useful without the collaboration of Poland, the "Express Poranny," generally considered the Government organ, declared today, commenting on the repercussions of the Anglo-Italian accord.
This does not mean, the paper added, that Poland desires a Five-
Power European pact as the present situation in Europe is too different from the one in 1933 to permit a renewed scheme for a pact among the Great Powers.
"Germany would be hindered by such a pact," it added, "Italy has found the colonial benefits which she sought then, France was never interested in a four-Power pact. Furthermore, the emancipation of smaller Powers has made so much progress since 1933 that spheres of influence can no longer be formed in Europe."
Well-informed circles here do not expect a four or five Power pact Moscow, Apr. 25.
Professor Otto Schmidt, the bearded hero of a number of Arctic expeditions who was recently reported to be "in disgrace," was present at a meeting at the Soviet Academy of Science here over the weekend and made a short speech.
Three of the four scientist who, headed by M. Ivan Papinin, spent nine months on a drifting ice-floe recently, reported to the meeting on the work they had carried out.
One of them, M. Shirshov, related interesting results of depth soundings in the central Polar Basin end showed samples of ground taken from a depth of 2% miles.
The Academy decided to institute a prize to commemorate the exploit of the ice-floe scientists. It will be awarded every three years for the best scientific achievement in the Arctic regions—Reuter.
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