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Fly in the Ointment “The Franco-German Pact proclaims the importance of good relations between France and Germany. It puts it on record that there is no territorial dispute outstanding between them, and that they ‘solemnly recognise’ the existing Franco-German frontier. It engages the two Governments, in case of international difficulties affecting their countries, to deal with them by mutual consultation. But (apart from the doubts that must inevitably be felt as to any professions of virtue on the part of Hitler's regime) there is one big and obvious fly in the ointment. There is a Franco-Italian as well as a Franco-German frontier; and while the German Foreign Minister is signing this pact the German press is warmly backing Mussolini's aggressive demands on France. Whether Herr von Ribbentrop can give the French any satisfactory assurances regarding Germany’s policy vis-a-vis her Italian ally, remains to he seen. If he cannot, the pact is a mockery. If he can, something very remarkable will have happened to the Rome-Berlin axis.”—The New Statesman.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20728, 11 February 1939, Page 6
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172TOPICS OF THE DAY Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20728, 11 February 1939, Page 6
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