Tokyo, Mar. 13, Foreign Office circles attach the greatest importance to the peace treaty signed between Soviet Russia and Finland, according to the "Asahi Shimbun. The agreement, the newspaper says, will not only have a great effect on the attitude of Scandinavia, but it is also expected to strengthen Far Eastern policies of both the Soviet Union and Germany.
The "Nichi Nichi" assumes that Russia will now take up a (stiffer attitude in the Far East. In thig connection, it points out that Moscow recently showed a non-committal -ate titude regarding Japanese efforts to settle pending questions concerning the boundaries of Manchoukuo and fisheries rights in Kamchatkan waters, "The Soviet-Finnish peace may have a great influence on the bigger conflict in Europe. Peace talks may follow and Mr, Sumner Welles (United States' Under-Secretary of State) may become a second Colonel House," declared the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman.—Reuter,
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