London, June 20.
New instructions have been sent to Sir William Seeds, British Ambassaaer to Moscow, designed to speed negotiations by giving him and Mr. William Strang, special Foreign Office representative, greater scope to reach a hard, defensive alliance with Russia, it was learned today.
The' instructions also emphasized that the British statesmen at present negotiating with Russian representatives at Moscow should remove any Russian doubts as to the sincerity of Britain, thus enabling definite progress before the week-end, It was considered as conceivable that the British move might be connected with the Tientsin situation since the possibility of the final Anglo-Russian agreement including a mutual guarantee in the Far East was freely discussed in diplomatic circles although unconfirmed by official quarters.—United Press, lands will not be represented at the staff talks, but representatives of these Powers are expected to seek and obtain complete information regarding the important defence decisions expected to be reached.
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