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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23340, 8 May 1939, Page 11

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SERBS AND CROATS NEGOTIATIONS ABORTIVE AGREEMENT NOT RATIFIED (Received May 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May ti The negotiations between the Serbs and Croats have broken down, says the Zagreb correspondent of the Times. Dr. Machek, leader of the Croat Peasant Party, claims that the' Regency Council did not Tatify the verbal agreement He had reached with the Prime Minister, M. Zvetkovich.

The Croatian Assembly will meet immediately.

BRITISH CABINET DISCUSSIONS WITH SOVIET EASTERN SECURITY QUESTIONS (Received May 7, 7.50 p.m.) British "Wireless LONDON, May 6 The foreign policy, sub-committee of the Cabinet met last night and reviewed current international affairs, including, it is assumed, the terms of the speech of the Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck, and the .latest stage of the discussions with the Soviet and other Powers regarding eastern European security questions. Mr. Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that a communication from the French Government on this subject had been received in London on Thursday, and it was hoped to be able to send a further expression of the British Government's viqws to Moscow in the very near futute. The Soviet Ambassador, M. Maisky, called at the Foreign Office and had an interview with Viscount Halifax.

STRICT CENSORSHIP GIBRALTAR MESSAGES INWARD AND OUTWARD Independent Cable Service (Received May 7, 9.20 p.m.) GIBRALTAR, May 7 A censorship has been imposed on all telegraph /-messages sent from and received at Gibraltar. An ordinance empowers the Governor to demand the production of any telegraph message and those who refuse to comply are liable to three months' imprisonment and a fine of £SO.

EMERGENCY DECREES NEW FRENCH PRECAUTION (Received May 7, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, May (j The President- of France, M. Lebrun, has signed emergency decrees controlling the foreign press, making air raid instruction in schools compulsory j and revising the defence regulations.