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ITALY RESUMES TRADE TALKS WITH RUSSIA
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Rome, March 15. Italo-Russian commercial negotia- tions, which have been hanging fire be since December 30, appeared to nearing conclusion to-day, according to international observers here.
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Ending of the war in Finland, Rib- bentrop's visit to Rome, when he tried to smooth out relations: between Italy and Russia, and the reported German guarantee to Rumania against factors which Russian attack, are make it evident that Italy, while still maintaining her ideological dislike of is Communism, feels that the time ripe to resume and perhaps intensify commercial ties with the U.S.S.R.
First step in the resumption of the absence trade talks is seen in of hostile criticism in the Press against Russia.
While making it clear that. Italy is still opposed to Bolshevism, authorita- tive commentators are of the opinion
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indication is Another important the report from Berlin that the So- viet Ambassador to Rome, M. Gorel- to kin, and the Italian Ambassador
Rossi, who were Moscow, Signor recalled respectively on December 14 and January 3, are shortly to return to their posts.
M. Gorelkin has not even present- ed his credentials to King Victor, and his recall caused somewhat of a sen- sation at the time.
DELEGATION EXPECTED
Signor Rossi, who after his return to Rome from Moscow spent a holi- day in the United States, is now back in Rome.
The Italo-Soviet trade treaty ex- but, pired at the end of last year,
new pending the drawing up of a agreement, it continues in force.
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An advance copy of the Fuch- rer's speech which he is to deliver.
This In London next autumn. extract is the most significant:
"My Volksgenosson, England and Ireland, having also been placed under German protection, Mr. Roosevelt having offered me America asa colony, Hermann Goering having become Tear of all the Rusalas and Joseph Goeb- bols having: been: elected Pops, I have no further territorial claims to make.".
SOUVENIRS
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Souvenirs are hard to come by in this war. But there is a new type of front-line souvenir. It is the raid momento, rare so far, collected by pilots of the R.A.F. Fighter Command who have been in action against the enemy over our shores.
only German The first was the bullet that struck a British fighter aircraft during the Firth of Forth raid on October 18th. It engine cowling.. harmlessly, now in the pilot's pocket.
A Squadron Leader who led men against German raiders attack- ing a convoy also has a souvenir the automatic pistol taken from one of the German airmen rescued from the sea after seven out of twelve enemy. air craft had been down.
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Now that expert analysis of So far only one Russian trade ex-
only enemy aircraft shot down but pert has arrived from Moscow,
the soil of Britain has been complet- that there are rumours, so far unconfirmed, some of the many bullets
to ed, that a Soviet delegation is pected here shortly.
CIANO'S VIEW
ex-
Meantime, the conviction that Ger- many has scored a diplomatic victory over the Finnish people is voiced by Signor Ansaldo in Count Ciano's pa- per, "Telegrafo.” “
He says that Russia can now de- vote her energy to fulfilling the terms of the Soviet-German economic agree- ment and can "begin, with German collaboration, her internal reorganisa- tion to put into force her treaty with Berlin."
struck it have been distributed the fighter pilots concerned in, that little job of work.
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