Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-24 | Page 1 | Russo-German Pact Signed, Killing Any Third Party Bond

German Russo-German Russo Rosso- German Pact Signed Killing Any Third Party Bonds French Anglo-French Hopes for Soviet Agreement ement Dealt D alt I Blow by Anti-Alliance Anti Clause in iri Treaty MOSCOW Aug 24 AP Germany AP-Germany Germany and Soviet Russia bound themselves today not to war against each other ncr nor even to associate associate asso asso- date themselves with any line line up up of powers aimed directly or indirectly at either 4 Diplomatic quarters expressed the conviction that Article IV IY of the paragraph eight-paragraph pact that pact that which covered taking ta ing sides with any other grouping of off f. f p powers powers aimed at either nation nation- was the death warrant for any prospect prospect of alliance with Britain and France The British and French had been seeking a II mutual assistance treaty for more than four months The agreement was signed behind behind behind be be- hind the Kremlins Kremlin massive walls about 12 hours after the arrival of Adolf Hitler's emissary to Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph Stalin Foreign Minister Joachim von vort There Ther were less than eight hours of formal formal formal for for- I mal deliberation I The British and French military missions were reported reliably today to have decided to leave Moscow tomorrow definitely breaking off negotiations with Soviet Russia for a three-power three mutual assistance pact This decision was reached after Germanys Germany's Foreign Minister J Joachim Joachim Joa Joa- oa- oa chim Von left Moscow Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow by airplane at 1 20 p p. m m. to report to Adolf Hit Hitler ler on his successful completion of a pact with Soviet Sovie Russia Swastika flags fags were interspersed with soviet red banners banners' as decora- decora decorations lions Hons to the entrances of t the e. e huge Moscow civil aird airdrome airdrome me wf when en Von f a ari a r r field Members of the British a n c d French military missions obtained their passports and visas last night and were expected to fly ny back to Paris Pans and London tomorrow They were unofficially reported to be acting on instructions from their home governments It was understood they would g go b by way of Finland to avoid G German territory terri terri- tory Stalin attended the final talks which started at 10 p p. p m m. yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day and also sat in on a three- three hour meeting yesterday afternoon n between Von a and n d Premier Foreign Commissar Von Rib Rib- bentrop and signed the accord The pact shifted Europe's balance balance balance bal bal- ance of power in one one- of the most critical periods since the World war Apparently it barred any Continued on Page Pace Four r Column Four RUSSIA DOOMS AXIS ANTI-AXIS PACT Continued from Pail Page One agreement among the Soviet Soviel Union Britain and France on mutual mutual mu- mu ual assistance in the face of German German Getman Ger Get man demands on Poland Russian official quarters however however however how how- ever have insisted that the pact was vas not incompatible with a defensive defensive de- de alliance linking Moscow to o Paris and London Russians Russians- long coached to hate nazi Germany were Informed ol of the he accord through an early morning morning morn- morn ing ng radio broadcast To the average average average aver aver- age Russian the agreement meant neutrality in event of European war var and an western frontier in case of war with Japan In n the east Moscow's government and party press iress hailed the pact as a forceful Instrument for world peace