New York, June 20.
Students of European relations continued yesterday to study rumours and' conjectures from non-official quarters in both Europe and Asia concerning possibility of war between Soviet Russia and Germany, but these experts received the reports with reserve, feeling that the situation was inadequate at present to form the basis for firm judgment.
Reports of Soviet-German tension have been circulating throughout the past week. These included:—London expectations that Soviet-German affairs, possibly climaxed by signing of the Turkish-German pact last Wednesday, may reach a new climax within a few days, 2. Reports that civilians in Helsinki had been evacuated as a precaution against some war threat, 3. Reports from Rumania which filtered through the censors indicating that Germany was establishing a strong base in Rumania, presumably for use against Russia if a break occurs.
4. Ankara reports that Germany was maintaining about 1,500,000 troops along the Soviet border.
5. Unofficial British suggestions that the eight-day lull in German air raids over Britain, while the British persistently raided Germany, may mean that the Germans were concentrating their strength for a demonstration against—Russia.—United Press,
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