"This policy limits foreign activity, especially in regard to. the export of cem'ain raw materials, t is so self-evident and_reasonable that a change in our line of conduct or a half-hearted application of it could nat be "considered,"
An assemblage of Dutch and native residents ani foreign ° diplomats listened to the Governor-Gereral ov'lining the defence measures, the progress of war \and expressing the [United Press.
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The "Daily Telegraph" said. "Somehow we imagine Stalin will find a formula to save his face."
On the other hand, "Tke Times" reiterated that Chancellor Hitler may be bluffing for a sudden pounce elsewhere, Among the welter of reports appearing here, these appear to be tte most significant.
The "Daily Mail's" Ankara ce pondent said that the German Ambassador to Moscow personally had fanded a note to M. Stalin two weeks ago. demanding that Russia join the Tripartite Pact and allow the passage of Germans troops through Russian territory.
He added that the German note had demanded a definite reply by June 18, but a reply already has reached Berlin and seeks to postpone a decision, The same correspondent stated that reports əf German troop movements in recent days indicate that the Germans were preparing to launch about June 25 a great offensive against Britain or a drive through the Ukraine possibly both together, The local newspapers also gave much prominence to the Ankara reports that Herr Hitler was planning to call 'a European new order cent ence and also that travellers from Hungary and Rumania had predicted that the odds would be 5-to-1 that Germany would invade Russia within two weeks—United Press,
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