NOT MOVED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23487, 26 October 1939, Page 12

NOT MOVED

ALLIES' ATTITUDE GERMAN EFFUSION OWN POSITION CLEAR WOELD LEFT TO JUDGE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 25, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 25 Tlio Times publishes the following official reaction in London to von Ribbentrop's speech:— >■ "Britain and Franco contemplate this latest effusion from Germany unmoved. "Their standpoint has been made abundantly clear in Mr. Chamberlain's and M. Daladier's recent speeches. It is evident from his speech that Herr von Ilibbentrop is still far from comprehending it, and both countries, therefore, will continue on the course they havo set themselves until the German Government's attitude undergoes a change." Speech Not Important The British official wireless says responsible opinion takes the view that von Ribhentrop introduces no new element into the situation, nor is his speech considered to have any particular importance, composed as it would seem to have been for internal consumption in Danzig and Germany. As observers in London see it, it is felt that the same attempts are made to divide Britain from France and the same stupid falsehood told about the aggressivo intentions of Britain —intentions which, as everyone outside Germany fully understands, exist only in the imagination of the Nazi Government. Spreading Falsehoods In his desperate efforts to maintain the Gorman people in isolation from the truth, von Ribbentrop does not, it is commented, hesitate to spread falsehoods about Mr. Chamberlain's policy at the time of the Munich Conference, in 1938, which may well bo thought too stupid to deceive even the most credulous. It is pointed out that British policy has been made clear by official documents which have been made public in recent weeks. These documents, carefully kept from the Germans, have boon the subject of exhaustive study throughout the rest of the world. The British Government, it is thought, will be well content to allow the world to form its own view, now that its case has been made public, as to who is the aggressor in the present war.

RIOTING IN VILNA

TROOPS FIRE ON LOOTERS f 1 TYPHOID EPIDEMIC RAGING f (Received October 25, 7.80 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. 24 Serious disturbances have broken out at Vilna, which has been handed over to Lithuania by Russia, states the Paris radio. The population has been looting tho shops. Troops were called in and fired on the looters. Many are reported to have been killed. A typhoid epidemic is raging. Lithuanian troops havo crossed the border to occupy Vilna, states tho Berlin wireless. A message from Geneva states that the League of Nations has received Poland's protest against tho handing over of Vilna to Lithuania.