Turkey has not only preserved her present state of non-involvement, in the war but while maintaining her sovereignty and territorial integrity has shown her determination remain faithful to the spirit of good Wil and. friendship implicit in. the Anglo-Turkish treaty of alliance, The now treaty specifically, makes reservation in respect of Turkey's previous commitments, Tt may be assumed that Germany will exaggerate the significance of the new ment and attempt to exploit it part of the nerve war upon Russia, but it will not destroy Turkey's felendship for Great Britain nor kivolve Turkey in any course that would" be embarrassing to Great Britain, The British authorities have throughout ben Kept informed of the progress of the Reuter, Tension Increasing London, June 19.
Tension between Germany and the Soviet Union seems-to be increasing, according to the Stockholm corres. Pondent of the independent French Berlin, he says, no longer takes the trouble to deny existence of tension. The correspondent—mentions 98 significant small items of nows about Finland published at Stockholm. An athletic contest, for example, duc. to toke place at Helsinki this month hay been indefinitely postponed.
The Swedish press reports "Fins ish preparation 10 meet all eventual ttles," while the Finnish press speaks of Finnish determination to. defend the country's independence,
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