Tokyo officials, it was recalled, warned the Japanese people a few weeks ago that the Russo-Japanese border agreement at Nomonhan was merely an isolated success in efforts to settle many thorny and more vital Russo-Japanese problems, and consequently did not call for too much {that Mf. Josef Stalin agreed to a rap-brochement with Germany in the hope that both Germany and the Allies would exhaust themselves in a Prolonged war, now contend that M. Stalin probably has been disillusioned by the swift German victory. over France. Consequently, it is believed, 'M. Stalin would now think twice before giving other nations such as Japan a free hand to pursue expan-Sionist programmes.
M. Stalin's policy during the European war, it was also pointed out, appears to be to consolidate Russia's natural defence frontiers. This he No Chinese Protest on Tientsin Agreement London, June 28.
"No protest has' been made by the Chinese Government or fon their behalf in regard to the Tientsin agreement," stated Mr, R.A, Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in a written reply in the House of Commons yester-ay "Copies of the relevant document were, as a matter of courtesy, communicated to the United States' Government in advance of its publication," he added—Reuter.
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