Moscow Duplicity Castigated; Poland Not Specially Impressed by Sudden Event London, Aug. 22. STONISHMENT, coupled with alarm at what is described as a "stunning blow to Britain's peace front," is expressed in high quarters here today over the proposed non-aggression pact between Soviet Russia and Germ: any. The first reaction was that the Kremlin, wearied after months of haggling with Britain and France, played its last card, and if the Western Powers still decline to meet its terms, is prepared to stand aside and let Germany have her own way with Poland, and if necessary, the Baltic States, who had refused to accept Russia's military assistance, Some well-informed circles remain optimistic and declare that the signature of the Franco-German non-aggression pact did not prevent France from being the corner stone of the anti-aggression front today.
Official circles are silent.
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