Welles still had two days to go it seemed apparent that the prospects of compromising the Allied and German war aims were so dim as to be virtually hopeless. In this connection it was reported without confirmation that Mr. Welles, when in Paris, told the Polish Premier that his tour so far had not yielded any important new information, although he did not divulge anything regarding the actual talks.
Earlier, Mr. Welles drove to Buckingham Palace to visit King George and was taken through the front quadrangle into the inner-quadrangle before alighting from his car at the Kings Door." The Equerry to the King, Lieutenant-Colonel Piers Legh, met Mr. Welles on the steps of the palace and shook hands with him, recalling their previous meeting at Washington during the King's visit there last year.
His Majesty invited Mr. Welles into his study and warmly shook hands with him. The study is a small, panelled room with the King's large desk in the centre by a bright fire. The King sat at his desk with Mr. Welles in a deep armchair along-Side. They talked for one-half hour until just before 5 p.m. when the Queen entered the study to greet the American.—United Press, Amsterdam, Mar. 12.
Soviet distrust of Germany concerning the Finnish war is reflected in information reaching here from neutral sources in Berlin. On at least two subjects, M. Josef Stalin has evidently kept his own counsel.
German official circles appear to be surprised by the announcement that M. Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador in London, has asked Great Britain to pass on Soviet peace terms to Finland. Newssthat Moscow invited the Finnish Premier, Risto Ryti, to the Kremlin, is also quite unexpected in the Wilhelmstrasse—Reuter.
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