POINTS MADE CLEAR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1940, Page 6

POINTS MADE CLEAR

THE ITALO-liUNGARIAN AGREEMENT OPPOSITION TO RUSSIAN THREAT. ATTITUDE OF GERMANY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 1.10 p.m.) NEW YORK. January 7. A "New York Times" correspondent, Mr. Matthews. in a message from Venice, states that two things are clear about the Ciano-Csaky meetings. Firstly. Count Ciano used both pressure and diplomacy to induce Count Csaky to exercise prudence regarding Hungary's demands on Rumania. Secondly, both Ministers are determined to oppose the Russian threat to the Danube most strongly. The Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times,” Mr. Tolischus, states that the Ciano-Csaky conference is treated in Germany as interesting, but not particularly important. It is noticeable that the Rome radio began to suffer serious interference when it discussed Germany’s intensifying pressure on Sweden and Norway to prevent the passage of British and French aid for Finland, especially when it announced the Italian view that it was not a breach of neutrality to permit the passage.