London, May 16.
The press here this morning phasized the desire of the British Government to reach an agreement with the Soviet Government.
A practical formula, the papers said, may be attained in Geneva between ihe British, French, and Soviet representatives attending the session of the League Council there, despite Moscow's insistance, in yesterday's mote, upon a tripartite alliance between these three countries, "which does not advance matters much at the present stage," as the diplomatic correspondent of "The Times" put it.
Several papers, including the "Daily Telegraph" and "The Times," stress the fact that the mutual assistance treaty already existing between Moscow and Paris may facilitate matters.
"I understand that the French Ministers have in hand a formula which may provide a solution to the present diplomatic discussion between Britain and Soviet Russia which has reached a deadlock," the diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Mail" writes, Several journals stress that the main obstacle to the conclusion of the parleys, the Rumanian and Polish opposition to accept Soviet aid, has now been practically removed.
"Since Herr Hitler's speech in the Reichstag on April 28 the suscepti-Filities of Poland on this score have perceptibly diminished, and if anything were wanting to confirm Poland in her change of attitude it would be a demonstration such as staged by the Nazis in Danzig last might" the "Daily Telegraph" declares.
The "Manchester Guardian" says that "the general impression prevailing in Moscow is that something more should be done than merely to leave the door open for further negotiations. It is generally assumed that in the diplomatic parleys which will go on until the meeting of Lord "Halifax and M. Vladimir Potemkin in Geneva, the whole problem may be brought to its final stage."—Havas.
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