London, Apr. 22.
That conscription is unavoidable in Britain under the present circumstances has been freely asserted in informed political quarters for the past few days, and Westminster lobbies anticipated this evening that the Cabinet will have to settle the question during the coming week.
It is reliably reported by a source close to the Foreign Office that on his return from Paris today, Sir Robert. Vansittart, Chief Diplomatic Adviser to H, M. Government, expressed the opinion to Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax that Britain's Allies—and especially France and the whole of the French opinion—fare expecting such a decision from Britain, London, Apr. 23.
Whether or not the Far East will enter into the Anglo-French agreements with the Soviet is stil a matter for conjecture, but reports from Paris do not support those received here yesterday.
Commentators expect that, with the return of M. Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador, to London, Mr. Neville Cuamberlain, the Prime Minister, will be in a position to make a statement on the progress of the negotiations early this week.—Reuter. Moscow, Apr. 22.
M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassador in London, has reported the British views to the Soviet Government. He plans to return to London tomorrow, which indicates that Anglo-Soviet negotiations are nearing conclusion-~ Reuter.
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