VISITORS TO ROME
GERMAN AND JAPANESE AMBASSADORS HERR HITLER’S ANXIETY Received Oct. 24, 5.5 p.m. ROME, Oct. 22. It is believed that Herr Von Ribbentrop's talks with Signor Mussolini ana Count Ciano are due to Herr Hitler’s anxiety to avoid further differences with England and France, especially as Italy and Germany hope that the fall of Gijon means an early end ci the war. There are signs of attempts to placate England. Italy’s share in the capture of Gijon were deliberately minimised. Britain's Prime Minister, Mr Neville Chamberlain, Lord Halifax, and even Mr Anthony Eden warmly praised the Press for its references to Italy. The Times’ Berlin correspondent reports that Count Mushakoji, Japanese Ambassador in Berlin, also has gone to Rome and has caused speculations whether Italian adhesion to the Japan-German anti-Communist pact: will be forthcoming.
Herr Von Ribbentrop’s presence in Rome might provide an opportunity for an anti-Bolshevist demonstration by these three Powers, directed from Germany’s side against Czechoslovakia, whom Germany alleges to be exploiting an alliance with France and the Soviet to ill-treat the German minority-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 253, 25 October 1937, Page 7
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