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draw from it alliance with Soviet
Russia.
This matter was discussed at Paris
behind firmly closed doors-and the
result was that Great Britain and
France intimated that they, too, felt
confident of a peaceful solution,
whereupon Great Britain exerted
pressure on the Prague government
limiting that it might be wise and
well all around to give the Ger
mans as much as could possibly be
granted to them. -Slovakians
began to realize that their national
independence of action was to be
sacrificed, to some extent, for the
benefit of possibly coming-"Ger-
man-British understanding"
Asiatic Incident.
In Moscow and Tokyo diplomats
also were busy: japanese officials
had charge that some days ago Rus
sian soldiers had killed a non-com-
missioned Japanese officer, wounded
another, at the border between Rus
sian Siberia and japanese Manchu-
kuo. In the japanese accusations it
was emphasized that the men shot
at had been stationed on the Man.
chukuo side of the border, and that
the Russians consequently had COM
mitted an act of wanton invasion.
There was some pretty bitter talk
in both capitals, and at one stage
in the discussions Japan allegedly
limited that if the Russians did not
retire, japanese soldiers would force
them away. In view of the fact that
the disputed border line has never
been definitely fixed, there was con-
siderable doubt as to what the status
of japanese and Russians really was,
and, perhaps prompted by this I'M
certainty, both governments agreed
to submit the whole business to an
impartial commission of investiga-
ton. From the beginning, the Soviet
government made it clear that it
would start no war under any cir
cumstances, and it was generally &C
copied that Japan was not in position
to engage another enemy in addition
to China.
Toward HankOw.
For the japanese really have their
hands full with this China war; for
months they have made no actual
progress, and their march toward
Hankow, China's provisional capital,
has been seriously retarded by re-
sistance and by floods; they are still
trying to capture Kiukiang, city
which in the possession of the Chi
nese, is a most formidable obstruc-
ton in the onward path of the in
vaders, but even if and when they
take it, there is long, long way to
HankoW. ~,
1t may be an indication of how
desperate the japanese feel that they
are reported now to be sending 5000
reinforcement troops to central China
each day of the week.
Stalemate.
In the areana of the Spanish civil
war the situation is not unlike that
of China, for General Francisco Fran
co.'s rebel armies are making almost
superhuman attempts to force their
way to Valencia, feeling that with the
capture of that key position, the
taking of Barcelona will be COM
paratively easy matter.
Whenever Franco starts an often
sive, the government forces respond
with a counter-offensive, and the
way to Valencia is by no means open
yet.
In Spain as well as in China it
looks as though war will be of long
duration.
Gran ChacO Peace.
After three years of war, the loss
of 100000 human lives, and three
years of negotiations Bolivia and
Paraguay have signed-at Buenos
Aires-a treaty settling the status of
the Gran Chaco region; it is the final
treaty of peace, just lacking the for