London, July 18.
The Soviet Ambassador, in London, /M. Maisky, saw the Permanent, [Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sir Robert Vansittart, at the Foreign Office to-day in regard to the proposed Eastern European mutual guar fantee pact and announced, on behalf Jof his Government, that it was pre-[pared to give a twofold guarantee 10 [Germany and to France, in the same jway og, the French Government was prepared to give a guarantee to Germany and to Russia—Wireless Through Reuter. active communists were responsible for the violence in San Francisco during the height of the water-front and general strikes. "I have positive evidence that the violence was part of a master programme evolved by communists outside the state and put into execution by their _lackeys within the state," Governor Merriam said.
The Governor to-day ordered the withdrawal of between 2500 and 3,000 National Guardsmen from San Francisco, leaving only 1,200 troops remaining in the bay region. The troops that were sent to San Francisco from Los Angeles were the first to be withdrawn.
The situation in Minneapolis where the truck drivers are on strike remained tense but quiet with 4,000 militia men patrolling the city. The Governor, Mr. Floyd B. Olson, threatened martial law in the event of further disturbances—United
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