Washington, June 28.
Capital circles speculated today on. the possibility that Japan may blockade Vladivostok, which would Of effect cut off Soviet Russia from United States and British ald.
The Germans were believed to have established rigid control of the Baltic and Black Sea, and the only other open ports were Murmansk and Archangel, on the Arctic, where the Naziy were reported to have mined large areas.
Soviet Russia lacks shipphug to facilitate ald from the United States, authoritative quarters pointed out. The most recent figures showed that the total Soviet ocean-going fleet consisted of 224 vessels with an ag-Eregate of 923,000 tons. A large part of this fleet, however, has been immobilized already.
Naval quarters pointed out that Japan could easily cut off Viadivosfrom the outside world—United Press.
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