DANGEROUS MOVE

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 267, 10 November 1937, Page 7

DANGEROUS MOVE

"UNFRIENDLY ACT."

Russia May Sever Relations With Italy. ANTI-COMMUNIST PACT. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) | LONDON, November 9. A message Trom Rome says an official announcement states that the Russian Ambassador, M. Stein, called on the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, and indicated that Russia considered that Italy's adherence to the Anti-Communist Pact was contrary to the agreement between Russia and Italy of 1933, and regarded the signature of the pact as an unfriendly act. Italy does not intend to reply to ' Russia's protest against her participa- | tion in the Anti-Coniniunist Pact, as she | regards the treaty with Russia already as a dead letter partly owing to Russian sanctions during the Abyssinian dispute. ] The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says Russian and other foreign diplomats believe the Soviet will sever diplomatic relations | with Italy and repudiate the ItaloRussian agreement. It is reported in Berlin that Herr von Ribbentrop will shortly approach • Hungary, Portugal and General Franco jto secure their adhesion to the AntiCommunist Pact. I Inquiries in Europe have elicited the fact, says the British United Press, that Czechoslovakia is opposed to the Anti-Communist Pact. Hungary and Yugoslavia will consult liritain and France, as they consider the pact to be potentially anti-Britisli. Switzerland, Bulgaria. Rumania. Latvia, Holland hikl the Scandinavian nations desire the strictest neutrality.