MORE CONJECTURES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1940, Page 5

MORE CONJECTURES

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION OF PEACE TERMS.

ROME, March 19. "What Signor Mussolini and Herr Hitler discussed for two and a half hours in their cordial conversation is still a matter of conjecture,” said the radio announcer this morning. This goes for the world, but it does not present a mass of speculation which ignores the fact that it is most likely that either the Duce or HenHitler have divulged every part of the conversation. Intelligent deduction, however, permits the conclusion that, under the influflence of Mr Welles’s lour, terms on which a peace could possibly be concluded at least occupied part of the discussions. Mr Welles, who is scheduled to leave Rome at 4 p.m. for Genoa, it is believed may see Signor Mussolini about midday. NO BASIS FOR PUBLISHED REPORTS. ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT’S SECRETARY. (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 19. President Roosevelt’s Secretary, Mr Stephen Early, said: “On the basis of authoritative reports from representatives throughout the world, particularly in Europe, the peace headlines appear very empty. There seems to be no basis for published reports giving an authoritative basis for peace. The publication should not give hope for peace or cause despair regarding peace.”