NEUTRAL BLOC
SOUTH EAST EUROPE SERIOUS NEGOTIATION DIPLOMATIC ACTION ATTITUDE OF ITALY fßecd. Oct. 25, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK. Oct. 23. The Bucharest correspondent of the New York Times states it is understood that plans to form a neutral bloc of south-eastern European States has reached the stage of serious negotiation.
Those in well-informed circles believe that the British-French-Turkish pact excludes the possibility of war in the Balkans. Therefore the moment is propitious for diplomatic action, the basis of which would necessarily mean the maintenance of the status quo. It is felt that Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia would not object.
Apparently Bulgaria is following the Pan-Slavic policy, hoping for Russian support, but it is believed that Italy would like to join the bloc, thus obtaining the Balkans States’ de facto recognition of her position as a Balkan Power.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19391025.2.53.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20077, 25 October 1939, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
138NEUTRAL BLOC Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20077, 25 October 1939, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in