ROME MEETING
Italy and France Reach Agreement MUSSOLINI AND LAVAL > Recommendation For Nine-, Power Pact BOUNDARIES IN AFRICA By Telegraph.—Press Assn. (Received January 6, 10.40 p.m.) Rome, January 6. Signor Mussolini and M. Laval, French Foreign Minister, spent the whole morning at a secret meeting. No communique was issued, but it is understood that an agreement was reached whereby France and Italy agree to consult in the event of interference with Austria’s independence. They also recommend ‘that Italy, France. Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Rumania sign a pact undertaking not to interfere with one another’s internal affairs, not to initiate aggression and to discountenance terrorism. Signor Mussolini and M. Laval also discussed the rectification of FrancoItalian frontiers of Libya and Tunis. Discussions on this point are resuming to-morrow. It is understood that France is ceding Italy 50,000 square miles, an area as large as England, in. the Sahara, occupied by 200,000 natives of pastoral tribes. M. Laval lunched with the King and is to visit the Pope to-morrow, when they will discuss the Saar plebiscite. A later message states that at a State dinner this evening Signor Mussolini said: I believe you will agree with me that our agreements must not be interpreted is being opposed to or even as exclusive of other countries who wish to collaborate in the work we wish to commence. , M. Laval said: We liave given birth to a great hope. We shall not disappoint that hope. Peace must be maintained and consolidated. GERMAN ATTITUDE Further Details Awaited (Received January 6, 10.20 p.m.) Berlin, January 6. When a journalist communicated the reported agreement to the Foreign Office the spokesman expressed the opinion that the pact seemed to weaken instead of strengthening the numerous declarations safeguarding Austria, and also created the impression that England was left out. Moreover, Germany was studiously avoiding interfering with Austria, while the absence of a definition of interference might render the pact harmful in providing opportunities for accusations by interested Powers. Germany’s attitude depended on the exact wording of the agreement and the number of countries participating.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 87, 7 January 1935, Page 7
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348ROME MEETING Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 87, 7 January 1935, Page 7
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