MR CHAMBERLAIN'S VISIT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 13 December 1938, Page 7

MR CHAMBERLAIN'S VISIT

NO ASSURANCES BEFOREHAND (British Official VVirelessl (Received 13th December, 11.10 a.m.) RUGBY. 12th December. The approaching visit to Rome of Mr Neville Chamberlain. Prime Minister, and Lord Halifax. Foreign Minister, was the subject of questions in the House of Commons. Mr Chamberlain said he was not piepared to give assurances beforehand as to what he would or would not agree to in the discussions there, and added that his visit was primarily intended to make personal contact with Signor Mussolini. If any agreement should be entered into in the course of the conversations it would be submitted to the House of Commons for discussion

SATISFACTION IN ROME (Received 13th December, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, 15th December. The Rome correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” says that the reply given in the House of Commons by Mr Chamberlain has given the greatest satisfaction, agreeing with Italy’s calculations that whereas France and Britain are closely allied for the defence of European frontiers, each will stand alone in the event of conflicts outside the Continent. Newspapers claim that the British public opinion supports the Tunis claims.