The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-20
England, Russia Are Joined To Stop Hitler
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understood to have agreed to press ahead with the program approved at its Saturday night meeting for close and constant consultations with Russia, France, Poland, Rumania and the Balkan countries on a com- mon front against the Nazis. In these negotiations. they kept in close touch with the United States, U. s. Ambassador S<seph P. Ken nedy visiting the government offices and talking to Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Echequer, early this afternoon.
 Greatest interest, for the moment. centered on the attitude of Soviet Russia, which boasted last week of a Red Army of 2.5O0,0O0 men and toward which diplomats have fear ed the Nazis were moving by way of Hungary, Rumania, the Polish corridor and the autonomous little Lithuanian state of Memel.
 Preliminary and close discussions with Ivan Maisky, (The Russian Ambassador regarding the situation in all of its aspects may be expect ed to continue" government spokesman said in the first official utterance even admitting that ef- forts were being concentrated on Russia's attitude.
 Leaders In Conference
 Before and after the cabinet meeting, the conservative govern ment leaders consulted with Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader of the liberal party; Clement Attlee, lead- CT of the labor opposition; V. ". Tilea, the Rumanian Minister; Sir Eric Phipps, the British Ambassador to Paris; Sir Neville Henderson, the British Ambassado:: recalled from Berlin; and Count Edward R. Rac- zynski, the Polish Ambassador.
 The diplomats called on Viscount Halifax, foreign secretary, while the British political leaders went to the Prime Ministers office at No. 10 Downing street. The strategic posi- ton of Poland and Rumania in the face of the Nazi march to the east" amde their minister's visits of part icular importance.
 Lord Halifax also conferred with King George VI.
 Chamberlain took long cigar from his mouth, lifted his hat and smiled when the crowds shouted:
 Good old Neville!"
 May Call Empire Conference
 Reliable sources said that the cabinet was considering the sum- moning of an empire conference, possibly in the form of discussion with the dominion high commits sioners this weekend. It would be to sound out the attitude of the rest of the empire toward the united front efforts. The commits sioners have been kept informed of developments over the weekend but a conference would provide greater opportunity for discussion and would permit the views of the represent atives of the armed forces of the dominions to be elaborated.
 Reports circulated that Germany would denounce the British-Ger- man naval treaty which limits the Nazi fleet to 35 per cent of the British fleet, but there was no off, cial comment. Other reports reach- ing London said that Poland might take a strong stand in support of Lithuania in event of "unreason- able" Nazi demands regarding Memel.
 Suggestions that Poland and Jug oslavia would resist German exparl- sion in Central Europe were made by the well-informed diplomatic correspondent of the Manchester Guardia, He said that Turkey had a crucial role in the impending strug- gle and that the independence of Rumania was vital to the western democracies, which would lose their hold in the near east if the Nazis spread their influence through King Carols land to Turkey.