London, June 27. New instructions are to be sent this evening to Moscow.
The new instructions will authorize the Ambassador to continue the parleys on the following bases 1. Great Britain is accepting the principle of automatic and direct protection for neutral nations' ie. Finland, Estonia, Latvia.
2. She accepts that these nations be mentioned by name, These instructions were sent after a lengthy consultation between the British and French Governments and it is hoped here that the main difficulty in the present negotiations has now been overcome.—Havas, Guards Risk Gunfire to Rescue Visitor Britain Urged to Michigan City, June 28.
Prison guards, risking a blaze of gunfire, rescued Mrs. Ruth Joiner, a prison visitor, and three state prison convicts here yesterday after they had been held in a physician's office by escaping convicts who demanded more guns and their freedom.
The three convicts and the woman prison visitor were abducted by the escaping prisoners who used them as shields from prison guard gunfire until they reached the physician's office. The warden's secretary was wounded during the gun battle between guards and the escaping prisoners.
Prison guards said later that ti convicts had been "badly done after the hostages were rescued—United Press.
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