NAZIS' ATTITUDE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 10

NAZIS' ATTITUDE.

: FIGHT BRITAIN FIRST. ; London Not Surprised By &.;i;f; ! ]£>:;_- : :- Developments. '■'•.".:■■•'■■■• vf SEQUEL:,TO PRANCE'S FALL. ■ "-■ (Received 1 p.m.). .:'•; •',-_.'"■..:'•! ". ' RUGBY,' June;2B: •■■■■.■■■.: It .-•■ was announced, from' Moscow {■•.'. that-.? the occupation :of Bessarabia ■.-..-.. and Northern Bukovina is to be com- ;;..■': pleted* -within a few days under 'the ;>> direction of a. joint commission. The ■•-.- announcement indicates that the Rus-■;■-,-.sian "demands /were presented in the .■■■ form of a request for an-act; of re- '■:.-- stitution, and historical justice, in the ;:■".« interests of peace. A counter sugges- :" tion by Rumania for negotiation was - sharply refused. ': . :.-''?. •!-■/./' The Russian action was hot unexpected 'in London in view of recent develop- . ments arid the collapse of "France. Diplo- -: matic circles here do not imagine that .;;' .this" L ; development . .will. be welcome -in : r.l, Berlin/ although it remains ; a matter of .=-.;. conjecture whether Russia ' took the ;~s;;i trouble to consult Germany beforehand. . • If consultation took place it is assumed ■■;-.-•■•. tha. Nazis would havo thought it advis•:i "able, to acquiesce in Russia's present !.'move. _ They would calculate that if y:. their hopes of overwhelming Britain, in '(>•-, her.-;? defence of order and liberty in are fulfilled; they will be iii ; a position to 'deal with any-':pretentions ifrom'any other quarters, which, in their ; view, affect -their interest or ambitions ;?--_. 'in the Balkans. ■■■--::■■-... ■.-.>.