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Show TREATY 0!l AID TO BAR ATTACK AGACIST nUSS Turkish Embassy Says Mission Will Come to London By BEUEL MOORE LONDON, Sept 30 (U.Rr Great Britain and Turkey have completed the draft of a definite defi-nite pact of mutual assistance and a Turkish military mission is on its way to London to negotiate nego-tiate with the British government, govern-ment, it was' understood today. The Turkish embassy announced the Impending arrival of the mission, mis-sion, under General Klazlm Onlay, who on a similar mission during the summer, arranged for the purchase pur-chase of British war materials. It was understood that the British-Turkish pact would be signed upon the return of Turkish Foreign For-eign MlnUter Sukru Saracoglu from Moscow, where he la conducting conduct-ing negotiation with the Russian government. - - - . . - -Ha Safety Clause The British-Turkish pact will contain a safeguarding clause stipulating that, under It, Turkey Tur-key will never be required to take a hostile attitude against Russia, It was asserted her. Britons looked to the pact as another factor In assuring Italian neutrality. The political and military clauses of the British-Turkish treaty had been completed some time ego, but economic clauses caused difficulty. The Turkish government was anxious because of the rapid overrunning over-running of Poland by Germany and wanted Britain and Franc to provide It at once with large quantities quan-tities of tanks, airplane and artillery, ar-tillery, and also to support the Turkish currency. These difficulties had now beea liquidated, it was believed, and General Orbay, on his arrival here, would be able to make arms deals. Fosltiea Difficult At the outset of the war Turkey had said that it would be faithful to it temporary mutual aid agreement agree-ment with Britain and Franc. Sine then event had moved with such rapidity as to make Turkey's Tur-key's position at once difficult and most important, commanding as It does the narrow Dardanelles strsit between the Mediterranean and Black seas. Particularly the Increasingly close friendship between Russia, Turkey friend of long standing, and Germany, the enemy of Britain Brit-ain and France, had made for confusion. con-fusion. Turkish Foreign Minister Saracoglu Sara-coglu went to Moscow. H had (Conttnumf on Pas TwvJ (Column rivo HITLER CALLS ITALYTO MEET (Continues Tram Pass Om) Joachim von Ribbentrop, who had Just returned from Moscow where he negotiated a new Russo-Ger-man treaty and with Soviet Foreign For-eign Commissar V. Molotov Issued a declaration calling for peace on the basis of the partition of Poland. Po-land. ,. In his consultations today. It was believed. Hitler was preparing prepar-ing a declaration to the reichstag In the event that France and Britain reject Russo-German peace overtures. Hitler convened the reichstag for a dramatic session the day he ordered the German armies to advance ad-vance Into Poland September 1. It wss understood here that should France and Britain persist in rejecting peace on the basis of Poland's partition 'Hitler would leave for the western front to take personal command of his armies after making a declaration to the re'chsUg. Germany will fight the war to a finish wit' every weapon and every means necessary to Insure victory it Great Britain and Franca reject the Russo-German peace overture, nasi Informants said. It was said authoritatively that the Joint German-Russian declaration declara-tion at Moscow that It was time to call off the war, constituted a final peace offer, and that Hitler would not unleaS the situation changed, send any formal direct bid to the allied powers. Germany's position for the moment mo-ment It was said, la: 1. Germany urgently desires, in cooperation with Russia and other friendly Hates, including Italy, to Induce Britain and France to call off the war. 2. She holds that the allies need feel no shame if they reconsider now for the last time, whether there is to be peace or a finish fight 3. Poland Is dead and Germany and Russia alone will say what shall be done regarding the area that was Poland. |