Bucharest, Oct. 17.
Coinciding with heavier German demands for of and the despatch of Freeing of Naval Forces For South Pacific Seen In Few Months Tokyo, Oct. 17. Japan expects to sign a non-aggression pact with Soviet Russia within a few months in an\effort to free her naval forces for concentration in the south Pacific, it appeared here ioday.
Although negotiations for a nonaggression pact with Russia are not Di tiff Diredawa, in Italian East Africa, war materials in return, 65 passenger believed to have passed the prelimin-was raided and buildings and railway trains, many of which run on import-ary stage, the new Ambassador to stations were bombed. An action ant main lines, are to be suspended Moscow, Gen. Toshitsugu Tatekawa, between a British plane on patrol {from midnight yesterday until the is expected to centre his full efforts in this direction. ever the Red Sea and three Italian end of the month, bombers resulted in two of the enemy The official reason for this measure Informed circles here declare that aiireraft being damaged, one of them Gen. Tatekawa was sent to Moscow is to make way for goods traffic em-badly, while the British aircraft re-ployed in transporting supplies for for the specific purpose of concluding turned to its base safely. a non-aggression pact with Russia. internal needs, which has been long British planes operating from the delayed owing to military requisi-Japanese officials and the Japanese Sudan bombed naval air force bartions. The staff of the German naval press appear to be extremely anxious racks on Abd el Kor peninsula at mission has arrived here—Reuter. to conclude a non-aggression pact with Russia, particularly in view of
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