KAMERUN INCIDENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 266, 22 August 1936, Page 5

KAMERUN INCIDENT.

NEGOTIATIONS AT A STANDSTILL. NERVOUSNESS IN BERLIN. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, August 21. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” says that the Kamerun incident has brought to a standstill the negotiations for non-intervention. No official steps have been taken by France and Britain since, while the informal contact has not beeii encouraging.

Meanwhile the Government has made two additional protests, first in Moscow, where the Ambassador was instructed to request cessation of “unbridled agitation” against Germans in Spain, broadcast from Russia and repeated in Madrid, as it might jeopardise Germans living in Spain. A similar protest was made to Madrid. These protests accompanied a glaring anti-Soviet newspaper campaign denouncing the increase in Russia’s naval and military armaments, which, it was declared, indicated readiness for aggressive wav and was also connected with the Spanish troubles. This outburst, with the order that warships meet force with force, caused such gloom and created such nervousness that prices on the! Bourse declined to an extent not experienced for years. UNITED STATES ATTITUDE. WASHINGTON, August 20. Any hope that the United States will mediate in the Spanish conflict disappeared to-day with the publication of a Note by ’ the State department answering a request from Uruguay that “cordial mediation he offered to Spain by countries.” The Note declares that the United States is committed to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, and, this Government will scrupulously refrain from interference in the unfortunate situation now existing in Spain. NO DIRECT COMMUNICATION. BRITAIN AND THE BLOCKADE. (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, August 21. The British Government, it was stated in London to-day, is not in direct communication with either the German or the Italian Governments on the question of the so-called blockade decrees published recently by the . Madrid Government nor regardiing the issues arising out of the Spanish naval interference with the German ship Kamerun.—British Official Wireless.