REPORTS OF SETTLEMENT CURRENT IN ROME
The Pope and Mussolini Said to Have Been Active OFFICIAL DENIALS ELSEWHERE ITALIANS RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT GERMANY By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. DANZIG. July 18. Reports of a settlement are most frequent in Rome, where well-informed circles believe that agreement betwen Poland and Germany was reached in principle when Herr Hitler met Herr Foerster. . . It is understood that the Pope and Signor Mussolini were actively engaged in the negotiations, the \ atican is lepoited to, be favouring the view that the status quo of the Free City should remain unaltered.till 1944. when, it is hoped, the present tension will have ended. It is also stated that Ihe Minister of Propaganda, Signor Altieri, went' to Munich bearing Signor Mussolini’s views regarding a settlement in Danzig. Reports from Berlin however, say that a settlement is officially denied. Other Rome sources claim that the Italian people are reluctant to tight for Danzig. The Italians are not sympathising with the German expansionist aims, and the anti-German feeling is specially evident in Trieste where Italian trade has been severely hit by the German occupation of Austria. NO NEGOTIATIONS Until Hitler Withdraws Demand ATTITUDE OF POLAND UNCHANGED (Independent Cable Service.) WARSAW, July 18. The statements that negotiations have begun for a settlement of the Danzig dispute are described as a move by German official propagandists aimed at dividing Britain and Poland. It is pointed out that the Poles will not negotiate on any terms till Herr Hitler withdraws his demand for the inclusion of Danzig in the Reich.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 July 1939, Page 5
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255REPORTS OF SETTLEMENT CURRENT IN ROME Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 July 1939, Page 5
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