GERMANY AND BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 11

GERMANY AND BRITAIN

POSSIBILITY OF AN UNDERSTANDING ITALIAN VIEWPOINT TO BE DISCUSSED GENERAL GOERING'S MISSION TO ROME (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Received January 14, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 14. A message from Rome says that General Goering (German Minister for Air) was effusively welcomed on his arrival by Signor Mussolini, Count Ciano (Foreign Minister), Signor Achille Staraine (Secretary General of the Fascist party), and many other high authorities. A Black Shirt guard of honour was mounted inside the beflagged station, and a band played the Italian and German national anthems. Cheering crowds outside shouted "Heil, Hitler," as General Goering drove off to the historic Villa Madama, where he will stay. . GeAeral Goering will be received bv King Victor Emanuel in the morning and will attend Signor Mussolini's banquet to-night. The Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" says .it is believed that General Goering intends to discuss the Italian viewpoint on the possibility of an understanding between Germany and Britain on the lines of the recent assurances exchanged by Britain and Italy on the Mediterranean.