Show loviet Soviet Pact With Japan Seen as Move dove to Keep Hitler i Out of Ri Rich Breadbasket in Ukraine z ip EARL REEVES LONDON April 15 INS INS INS- Frankly rankly fear fearful ul of a new attempt y Adolf Hitler to reach out for forthe forthe the golden wheatfields of the Ukraine rich breadbasket of Russia Rus- Rus ISia gia sia the soviet regime is doing its utmost at the present time to placate Berlin and safeguard its territorial backdoor through newly new- new newly ly ly c concluded agreements with Jaan Japan Japan Ja- Ja pan an authoritative soviet quarters disclosed Tuesday Thus is explained the soviet evacuation of women and children from a portion of German Poland Behind that mystery soviet circles circles circles cir cir- cles revealed lies the truth that Moscow is staving off the inevitable inevitable inevitable able day of reckoning with Berlin by an exchange of territory with Germany In the exchange Russia is to receive additional territory in the north as an ostensible reward for acquiescence in Hitler's land grabs in the Balkans Hitler the soviet sources say is most apt to take over that part of the Polish Ukraine which includes the oil wells of and and also the corner of Rumania which until lately had been occupied by the Soviets This inching eastward would bring Hitler to an eastern frontier much closer to the Russian Ukraine But the soviet regime I according to informed sources is likely to acquiesce in this eastern movement hoping in this way to appease Hitler's appetite for granaries by agreeing that he shall have a small share Soviet authorities who are aware of these stop-gap stop tactics are convinced nevertheless that in the end Hitler will reach out for whatever territory he wants of Russia |