The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-29
FAR EASTERN PACT
TO INCLUDE j. s. IS
PROPOSED IN TALKS
Conferences Between Captain
Eden and Litvinoff Con.
tinued Friday
URGES POWERS TO UNITE
commissar Sees League 40
Safeguard to Threat BY
Any One Nation
Copyright, 1885, b. the Associated

Copyright, 1885, By the Associated
Rraao)
Moscow. March 1o.-With . plan
for United States collaboration With
other powers In the far east reported.
ly under discussion, Capt. Anthony
Eden, British lord privy seal, faced
Joseph Stain, Soviet chief, in the
letters private office In the Krem-
lin Friday.
"A high source said that Foreign
Commissar Maxim Litvinoff had sug-
gested to Eden the formulation Of .
far eastern pact to include the Unit
ed States, Great Britain, Russia, Jap.
an, China, and France. and that
Stain, too, supported this suggestion.
The British envoy was accompanied
by Lord Chilston, the British am
bassador to Russia. Present With Sta
lin were vyacheslaff Molotoff, presi.
dent OF the union council Of peoples
commissaries, Htvinoff, and ivan
Maisky, the Russian ambassador 20
London.
They Immediately began, with the
aid Of the interpreters, the discussion
Of the European situation.
Relations Much Improved
Soviet circles said after IN hour
and . half conference between Ltvin-
off and Capt. Eden. that there was Z
''noted Improvement In both the poll
tical ana economic relations between
Soviet Russie and Great Britain
The Soviet sources did not Indicate
on what grounds the further I'm.
provement Of tho AnGlo- Russian re-
lations was based during the Discus
sion q Eden probed into the poGsl-
bilities Of peace for Europe.
Ltvinoff. speaking ct lavish ban
quet Thursday night In honor Of the
young British diplomat, repeatedly
stressed tho gravity Of the situation
with which Europe Is now confronted.
"The overwhelming majority q
states Is at the present moment pro-
foundry anxious for the preservation
Of peace" the foreign commissar said.
then added significantly:
Danger 6pots Evident
There may b few exceptions,
but the danger spots are ct least 10
Gated"
His observation was interpreted ~
q reference to Germany. whom the
Soviet official press has repeatedly
accused Of menacing the stability Of
Europes peace by her rearmament
activities.
The fact that the danger spots are
located, Ltvinoff continued, docs
not imply that they are locali1ed."
"None Of US Is clever enough" he
said, ito be able to 1oretell exactly
which states o. state would be first
or more generally affected By thil
danger. for it points In Ill directions.
1T would b naive 70 expect the in
stigators Of this danger to tell u ex-
actly what points Ne ought to pro
tect.
Nor has there yet been invented
3 weapon capable Of firing IN one d.
rection only which. when pointed
another way. would misflre."
An States Threateno0
Arguing for cooperation among the
powers, Ltvinoff said the fact that
the covenant Of the league Of nations
provided for cases "iu which IN at-
tack on ono state may b regarded
q IN oct Of war against Ill menu
bess" should make Il clear that II
one state y threatened b. the danger
OF war, Ill other states ought 70 con.
slider Themselves threatened."
After his address, the foreign com.
missar drank to the health Of "Hil
Majesty, the King Of England" IA
Soviet-manufactured champagne.
Captain Eden thereupon explained
that tho purpose Of his visit to Mos
COW was purely exploratory and IA
no sense to negotiate"
He recalled that Great Britain
Joined In the invitation to Soviet
Russia to become Q member Of the
league Of nations and added:
Ills majesty;S governments foreign
policy Is based upon the league Of
nations and the essence Of the league
IS universality.t It should indeed b q
worldwide league"
Eden resumed his discussions With
the Soviet foreign commiasar Friday
and later Was to confer with Joseph
Stain.
Lord Chilston. the British ambas-
sador, william etrang. counsellor Sog
the foreign ollioe, and !. n. Nasty.
6oviet amhanaaoe 70 Great Britain.
Joined n to6ay1 oonyefsatious.