CONCENTRATION OF TURKISH TROOPS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 7

CONCENTRATION OF TURKISH TROOPS

AREA NEAR SOVIET A RUSSIAN MINORITY r NO CAUSE FOR UNFRIENDLINESS n SAYS SOVIET I, p q Received Oct. 26, 8.44 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 26. The Daily Mail's Instabul correspondent says that Turkey is reported c t■> have concentrated 300,000 picked e tr .ops around Kars and Aj dahan. A. Soviet Embassy official says the t f Kars and Ardahan dispute can be I ' S settled by negotiation. The Russian , •t minority there is well reeled and the e matter, therefore, is not a < ause for y the breaking of friendshit. between is Turkey and Russia. e g AFGHANISTAN, IRAN AND a IRAQ !- d CONFERENCE WITH TURKEY y is SOLIDARITY OU DARDANELLES e AGAINST SOVIET )E Received Oct. 26, 8.44 p.m. U LONDON, Oct. 26. ,o The Rome correspondent of the Aslt reported that representatives of n sociated Press of America says it is y Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan are r- conferring at Istanbul. is They arc co-signatories Io th? o Saadabad Pact, which is designed to s. prevent Soviet expansion to tl ♦ Dar.o dandles and Persian Gulf. L d id ITALIAN DELEGATION IN le SOFIA I TRADE TALKS IN PROGRESS 2- , Received Oct. 26, 8.44 p.m. 3l i ‘ BERLIN, Oct. 26. ! The official news agency says an | Italian delegation arrived at Sofia for trade talks after concluding a trade 'treaty with Yugoslavia. ts IMMEDIATE RATIFICATION '- OF PACT 111 in BRITISH AGREEMENT WITH w TURKEY ai I in I , a i EN< EPTIONAL CIRCUMSTAM ES lt . I OF PRESENT CASE ie | I British Ollicihl Wuclosj j RUGBY, Oct. 25. .’j, Replying to the Leader of the Lahour Opposition, Mi'. C. R. Attlee, the er Prime Minister. Mr. Neville Chamberhe lain, said in the House of Commons ctl that it was usual for treaties to be laid before the House 21 days before g e ratification, but “in view ol the exn. ceptional circumstances ot the present ' ce ease it is desired that the Anglo;n, Turkish Treaty should be ratiliea as or, soon as possible. We therefore pro [ e . pose to submit the treaty for LIT nt King's signature at once and exchange ng the instruments of ratification in Anoff kara next week.” 'St Rumanian Crown Princv. n “ The coming of age of Crown Prince n ’ Michael of Rumania is the subject u: cordial notice in London, where, lik. bis father, King Carol, he has man; friends. The occasion of such impor le, to the future ot the Rumanian Stall bo would in any case excite sympathy it im Britain because of the friendly rcla on tions existing between Rumania an< -tl. Britain and tne high value placed upoi them both in official circles and in th< as popular esteem. be | he Border Incident. Yr Three Bulgarian frontier guard. en were Injured when a party <>i Bui He garians entered Southern Dobrudji [h,. and attacked a patrol, state's a Bucha ne rest message. The incident is con m! sidered unrortunate in view of tin le s efforts of the Rumanian-Bulgaria) ,-as entente. The authorities are invest! his gating. m- The new Government in Bulgaria t He reported to have ordered the dissolu in tion of Parliament, which is to mec ite on Saturday. It is expected that : he general election will be held in fou: .as instalments, beginning on Deeembe ers POOLING RESOURCES OF n in DOMINIONS ?ry J DEVELOPMENT OF AIR POWF.f mil EFFECT OF C OLLABORATION m ' ON COURSE OF MAR ca. 3gLONDON, Oct. 25. Declaring that nobody in the Em pire had any doubL about the outconn of the war, the Dominions Secretary Mr. Anthony Eden, broadcasting, .said - nn “Tne Dominions’ acceptance oi pool er ’ ing their resources for the fullest de rl ' velopment of our air power show a that our elaboration with the Do Jth minions is already producing practica results. It is scarcely possible to ex aggerate the influence this collabora tion will have on the course of th en ~ war. Germany could not influence it isn air development whereas Britain is as sured of a constant supply of pilot c and other personnel of the highes ' )er standard. “Herr Adolf Hitler has lost hi 'de initiative on the Western Front an Ly Russia and Turkey have blocked th road to the east. Attacks by ai against our Navy merchantmen fail • D j p ‘ ed utterly in their purpose and sub Der marine, by comparison with the las , c 0 war, is an indecisive weapon. The tots number of merchantmen sunk is belov inf j one per cent, of our tonnage.” lial