ITALY AND BRITAIN.
FRIENDLY REPLY EXPECTED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) ROME, August 2. There is no doubt here that Signor Mussolini will reply to Mr Ohambei-lain with an equally friendly lettei*, as it is understood Mr Chambei'lain emphasised that Britain desii-ed to see AngloItalian relations replaced on the same basis as before the Abyssinian w'ai’. “LONG, CORDIAL” MEETING.
(Received This Day, 9.55 a.m.) ROME, August 2
The British Ambassador (Sir Eric Drummond) had a “long, cordial’ meeting with the Italian Foreign Minister (Count Ciano) with whom he discussed Mr Chamberlain’s letter and the state of Anglo-Italian relations. DESIRE FOR CO-OPERATION. RECIPROCATION BY MUSSOLINI. (Received This Day, 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 2. The Italian Ambassador (Count Grandi) called at No. 10 Downing Street and handed to Mr Chamberlain a personal letter from Signor Mussolini in reply to the Prime Minister s letter last week. The “Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent gathers that the reply left no doubt of the sincere desire of the Italian Government to restore the co-operation existing between London and Rome during what are known as the “Locarno years,” 1925-35. Mr Chamberlain’s' Government is dealing with foreign affairs much more promptly and more directly than duiing the Baldwin regime. Mr Chamberlain himself is taking a more active part in close consultation with the Foreign Secretary. He is determined to ‘eliminate Anglo-Italian misapprehension. The Rome correspondent of “ The Times” says it is not doubted there that the Duce reciprocates Mr Chamberlain’s wish for the restoration of friendly relations. T;he boycott of English news in Rome ended to-day, when the newspapers, for the first time in four months, published ’direct news from London, giving prominence _to the favourable! reaction to Mr Chamberlain’s letter to the Duce. The present moves are evidently preparatory to diplomatic conversations ol an. impoi'tant character.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 250, 3 August 1937, Page 5
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302ITALY AND BRITAIN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 250, 3 August 1937, Page 5
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