"Despite curtailed postal ana New Anglo-French Plan transportation facilities brought about Moscow, July 1. by the current hostilities, and the New Anglo-French proposals for removal of the Bureau's offices to the conclusion of a tripartite agree-the interior, applications for new ment between Britain, France, and registrations, renewals and transfers Soviet Russia, were- handed to the have steadily increased since the Foreign Commissar, M. Vicheslav Bureau opened its offices in Chung-t Molotoff, in the Kremlin today. king a year and a half ago.
The British and French Ambas-n fact, the number of applicasadors, Sir William Seeds and M. tions received by the Bureau during Paul-Emile Naggiar, together with the past few months has reached a Mr. William Strang, Foreign Office figure almost equal to that before envoy, arrived at the ' Kremlin at the commencement of the current noon today to meet M. Molotoff, leav-hostilities, ing two hours later.—Havas.
"It goes to show that, as the Bureau marks an effort on the part London Censultations of the Chinese Government to carry out faithfully its Treaty obligations London, June 30. towards foreign governments, no With a view to hastening the unilateral illegal act by any one negotiations with Moscow, the French foreign power could in any way Ambassador here, M. Charles Corbin, affect the status of the Bureau or today called on Sir Alexander its function."—Reuter.
Cadogan, Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Well-informed Foreigners Need Not Worry quarters revealed that new instruc-"If the rumoured trade mark office tions had already been sent to Sir William Seeds, British envoy in in Peiping should have been set up at the instance of the Japanese," con-Moscow, for the pursuance of parleys.—Havas. tinued Mr. Oong, "it would have no effect on trade mark rights of for-Italy Shows Uneasiness eigners in China, as no puppet organization of the Japanese could Rome, June 30. lawfully interfere with the propery Italy would immediately react to rights of foreigners in China, includ-the sígnature of a Turko-Egyptian ing trade mark rights obtained under pact and would reinforce her garrisons the Trade Mark Law of the Natiónal in Libya, the "Telegrafo," newspaper Government. voicing the views of Count Galeazzo "Foreigners are under no legal ob-Ciano, Foreign Minister, stated today. ligation to register their trade marks Betraying the uneasiness prevalent with such a puppet organization, and in Fascist circles since Turkey's ad-no protection could be expected under ference to the Franco-British policy any such illegal regime. of guarantees, the organ mentions "On the other hand, if the Japanese the possibility that "In the event of themselves should claim to have war, Turkish troops would participate direct control over such an organiza-in the defence of the Suez Canal." tion, it would be equally illegal, It added, "Italy would see a most because in the present undeclared serious threat in the presence war no right of belligerency on the Turkish troops in Egypt. That is why part of Japanese is recognized, and the realization of a Turko-Egyptian there can be no military occupation, military pact under the auspices of in legal effect, without the right of France and Britain would probably belligerency. dead the Italian Government sooner "Moreover, even in the event of or later to forward an interesting belligerency being recognized, no communication to the British Ambas-unilateral alteration of the trade mark sador.. law in areas of hostilities could affect "This communication would deal the rights of third parties. with the exchange of information of "Therefore, foreigners having trade a military character, provided for by marks in areas affected by the cur-the Italo-British Agreement of April rent hostilities need not concern 16, 1938."—Havas. themselves unduly with such attempts on the part of puppet organizations, or the Japanese themselves. Com-
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