London, July 14.
General Sir Edmund Ironside, until lately Governor of Gibraltar and now chief of Britain's overseas forces, was leaving for Warsaw this evening to eotitinue Staff negotiations with the Polish Army.
Unforeseen difficulties today prevented the signature of the tripartite Anglo-French-Polish financial agreement, which was to have taken place at 10.45 am. in the Treasury. Last-minute conditions presented by the Polish on were found unacceptable by the British Government, it was stated. The conditions governed the use of the British credits te be grated Poland, which Warsaw, it was assettedly, wished to spend in part on purchases of American war materials instead of wholly on British products.
Empire, declared Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes in a speech in London today. He said he had had a great deal to do with Japan in two of her previous wars.
When he fought alongside the Japanese in the relief of Peiping in est opinion of their fighting qualities, i as they were by a spirit of chivalry, but that spirit, Sir Roger asserted, no longer existed in the Japanese army and navy.
Japan, he stated, was faithfully following the technique of her German ally, "Japan will be well advised," Sir Roger Keyes continued, "not to press us too far, for she cannot possibly be so foolish as to' believe that, if Germany and her allies are rash enough to force a war on Great Britain, France, Poland, Turkey and our other allies, they will escape overwhelming defeat in the end, "That is my view, and now that our potential enemies know that the wealth, industry, financial resources and manhood of the British Empire, united and determined as ever, are to be thrown into the scale, I do not think they will challenge us, but if they do there can be only one issue."—Reuter.
Poland, it was said, required war materials as soon as possible, but British industry is at present busy working for the British Government.
Bunting Company's Britain, however, wishes her credits to be utilized only for purchases from Affairs Discussed her owh industry. She, fears that London, July 14. otherwise there might bê repercuss. sions on the exchange balance be-At a meeting today of parties in-tween the pound sterling and the terested in the affairs of Messrs. American dollar. 7 Bunting and Company, Limited, tea Negotiations are now being pur-agents, it was decided to appoint a sued here between British and Polish committee of seven, representing Icials with a view to finding a banks, discount houses and creditors compromise sò as to permit early generally, further to consider the signature of the drafted accord.—Company's position. The committee Havas. will advise what course of action should be taken, at a meeting convened for July 17.
The meeting was called, following
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