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In Berlin, Lithuanian Minister Kazys Skirpa immediately made himself Candidate No. 1 for Soviet justice. After Russian officials in a big black car had taken over the Estonian and Latvian Legations, they called on Minister Skirpa. The Minister sent word that he was out. The Russians then demanded of First...
Two days later the Russians went back, had the Legation gate slammed in their faces. All day they tried to get the Legation to surrender by telephone, but the telephone did not answer. Berliners thought all this was highly amusing.
Fortnight ago the British Legation in Montevideo issued an unusual decree: no British sailor, naval or mercantile, was to leave his ship without a local Briton as escort. Just as amazing was the official reason: Uruguayan maidens had become so immodestly pro-Allied that the honest British tars were embarrassed...
The only member of the British Commonwealth not to declare solidarity with England, Eire was still neutral last week, and with her minuscule Army, insignificant Air Force, and practically nonexistent Navy, she was determined to fight off invasion from every side. England, separated by less than 75 miles of water...
It was surprising that the German Legation at Bucharest was surprised at the Russian grab. Germany had already recognized Russia's claim to Bessarabia and would hardly have objected, even though King Carol had gone Nazi in a belated effort to get German protection (TIME, July 1). Both Berlin...