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O F GERMAN AJR FLEET. * BERLIN, 'November 9. y Germany is stated to iiave tutored the use ot lier air iieet to Italy in the event ot Italy being attached in tne Mediterranean. lms is understood to be one of the points of an agreement concluded between Hqrr 'Hitler and the it- lian Foieigh . Minister (Count Ciano), alter a week of negotiation. The others provide for a common attitude towards Locarno, the 1>„ nube, Sjji'in,- the League pf Nations, i Communism, and Abyssinia. . ; Tarts of the agreement not published here are understood .to be:— An. agreement tp recognise General Franco's government when his troops capture Madrid. ' V I Co-operation to prevent Russia l nding arms in Spain. Germany’s share in exploiting At)j’S* siiiia. ■ ~C'* Germany is also given for TVe first time a free hand on the Danube. .y Both parties to the agreement believe that Spain will be added to the j Fascist fold within a fortnight, thus * giving Italy an ally at the gateway j to the Mediterranean. . ; ' l Neither side is to do anything to im•pair Spaih’s sovereignty over, the I Balearic Islands. *. Rome does not support' the Italian [ adventurer, Colonel Rossi, who leads 'the Spanish insurgents on ftlajorca, in his .boast that'che will‘bring tlie island! under :Italianruie.C
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 November 1936, Page 3
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