FRIENDLY RELATIONS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 450, 2 January 1934, Page 5

FRIENDLY RELATIONS

RUSSIA AND REST OF WORLD JAPAN’S EASTERN POLICY Press Association.— Copyright. Moscow, Dec. 29. M. LitvinofT, outlining international relations to the Soviet Parliament, said 1 Russia’s intentions were to maintain and j develop friendly relations with the rest of the world. Unfortunately the Soviet ! W as not yet completely in harmony with j Britain, "but,” he said, “we are eager ■| to reach an agreement. ’ 1 S M. Litvinoff characterised Japan’s east- ; j ern policy as the darkest and most [ threatening cloud on the horizon. He 1 inferred to the provocative activities of the j Japanese in Manchukuo, forcing Russia Ito strengthen her frontiers and adued. jj “The Soviet did not resent German ¥ Nazism, but resented acts against the ] Soviet, including Hitler’s demand for j territory cast of the Rosenberg moun- | tains and the with Ukrainian I .! counter revolutionaries.

BRITAIN AND SOVIET TRADE AGREEMENT TIONS (British Official Wireless.) Rugby. Deo. 29. Anglo-Soviet negotiations in London during recent months for the conclusion of a new temporary trade agreement have made good progress. While the points at issue still outstanding are serious they have been considerably narrowed. They are now under discussion in Moscow between the British Ambassador and M. Litvinoff.