A CHANGE OF POLICY
TURKEY NO LONGER NEUTRAL LINING UP WITH DEMOCRACIES BELGRADE, May 15. The first comment on the AngloTurkish pact appears in the semiofficial Politika. It points out that Turkey has abandoned the neutrality which has always been her policy, and she has finally lined up with the democracies. Official circles refer to the great triumph of British policy, and express the opinion that the pact will have a decisive influence on foreign policy in the Balkans. THE RUSSIAN VIEW EFFECTIVE PEACE FRONT MOSCOW, May 15. Izvestia declares that the AngloTurkish agreement is a step towards the creation of an effective peace front to face further extension of aggression. It adds that the vital interests of Turkey make such a oolicy imperative. Turkey has long been the objective of the appetites of the aggressive countries owing to her strategical importance as sovereign of the Black Sea straits.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23810, 17 May 1939, Page 9
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