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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 12, 1940.

NEW ANGLE ON ITALIAN VISIT OF RIBBENTROP Preparing Peace Plan For Sumner Welles

HITLER ON THE TELEPHONE WITH VON RIBBENTROP

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London, To-day.

GERMAN

PRISONERS OF WAR

London, To-day.

The number of German prison.. ers of war now in British intern- ment camps is over 1,500. Com-

A NEW ANGLE ON THE Rome visit of Nazi Foreign natant prisonera total 267, while

Minister Ribbentrop is suggested by the Copen- hagen correspondent of the "Daily Sketch," who bases his remarks on reports and views held there.

The visit, says the correspondent, is not intended to

there are 1,271 merchant seamen. Announcing this, a War Office spokesman said that the German prisoners were now given the op- portunity of listening to the BBC programmes In German.-Reuter.

in Nazi uniform.

NO CHANGE TOWARDS CATHOLICS

PARIS, TO-DAY. RIBBENTROP'S VISIT TO THE POPE DOES NOT MEAN THAT GERMANY HAS CHANGED HER AT- TITUDE REGARDING THE CATHO- LIC CHURCH, STATED A PERSON- ALITY IN VATICAN CITY TO THE HAVAS AGENCY CORRESPONDENT.

He added, it makes no difference to the Vatican protests concerning Ger- man persecution of the Church, especially in Poland.

It is further stated that Ribbentrop visited the Pope to pay homage to the

the Pope took the opportunity to make protests rendered necessary in sent circumstances Reuter.

try and bring Italy into the war, especially since ing economic expert Dr. Clodius-all spiritual power of the Holy See and.. her geographical position makes defence dif- ficult.

Rather, it is to establish peace pro- posals which can be ready in Rome when Mr. Sumner Welles returns there on his way back to New York. The German idea, apparently--says

the correspondent- that by putting for- ward proposals after talking about peace Germany will be placed on a better footing.

The Germans, says the correspon- dent, also hope that the Finnish-Rus- sian war will be "ironed out" in 'a way, or two and, that, consequently, there will be a change in the British and French Governments.

NAZI FEARS.

Finally, the correspondent says that the Germans gre not anxious to see relations with Italy grow less and less close, nor do they like to see that country strengthen its trade bonds with the Allies, fearing that such a

move

might change Italy's present "benevolent neutrality" to Germany into "real neutrality."-Reuter.

· PEACE PLAN (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”). Copenhagen, To-day. According to the Budapest corres- pondent ofˇtha" "Berlinske" Tidende," reporta are current there that Musso- lini, Clano and Ribbentrop are work- ing on a peace plan in Rome-Havas,

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HUNGARIAN REPORT

Copenhagen, To-day.: A. Copenhagen newspaper reports from Budapest that Ribbentrop, Signor Mussolini and Count Ciano will be handed to Mr. Sumner Welles are working on a peace plan which when he calls at Rome en route to America.

Source of the report is described as Hungarian political circles in close contact with Count Ciano-Reuter.

POPE'S PROTEST

ROME, TO-DAY. NAZI FOREIGN MINISTER JOA- CHIM RIBBENTROP WAS RECEIV- ED BY THE POPE YESTERDAY MORNING, THE INTERVIEW LAST- ING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.

It is reported that the Pope used the occasion to repeat his protest against, the persecution of Catholics in terri- tories annexed by Germany and in the Reich itself.

Later, Ribbentrop conferred with the Papal Secretary of State for about an hour. Reuter.

When Ribbentrop came out from his audience with the Pope, he was smil ing broadly-Havas.

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SHARP ENCOUNTERS ON WESTERN FRONT

ROME, TO-DAY.

- Paris, To-day. RIBBENTROP WAS TO LEAVE ROME LAST NIGHT, FOLLOWING said there were fairly sharp local on- Last night's French communique THE DINNER GIVEN IN HIS HON-counters to the south-east of the Nied OUR BY COUNT CIANO.

River. There was artillery firing in A usually reliable Vatican news the region of the Vosges. source informed Havas that the Pope's.. audience was granted to Ribbentrop tinued, Reuter. `as a result of a formal demand by the Reich.

The talk did change in the Nazi attitude to the not disclose any Catholics nor in the Vatican's attitude to Nazi persecutions, especially in Poland, this source stated-Havas.

INTERVIEW WITH MUSSOLINI

Rome, To-day. After a brief interview with Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop, Nazi Foreign Minis- ter, saw Signor Mussolini at 7 pm. yesterday.

Count Ciano was also present ...” at this meeting which lasted 85 minutes.

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Rome, To-day. Ribbentrop went to see the Pope-Reuter. accompanied by eight aides-includ-

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Amsterdam, To-day. Ribbentrop had series of telephone talks with Hitler on Bunday night and yesterday, owing, to the constant need for fresh instructions to keep pace with the capidly developing situation.

Activity of the air, forces was con-

AUSTRALIAN COAL STRIKE

Melbourne, To-day. Country railway services are being trains halved and cheap Sunday excur drastically cut, suburban electric

sions discontinued, as a

a result of the coal strike which began yesterday.

Heavier curtailments after are being forecast.

Reuter

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FINANCIAL WIZARD BACK IN HARNESS

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Berlin, To-day. Dr. Hjalmar Schact, ex-Reichs- bank President, is planning on a vigit to Bucharest next week to see what can be done about speeding up Ru- manian oil deliveries already pur- chased and to try and negotiate for

Haves.

In Rome, an official communique Is- sued after Ribbentrop's second talk with Signor Mussolini, at which Am- bassador von Mackensen and Count more Ciano were present, says the talk was cordial and lasted an hour and a halt. "It was concerned with the interna- tional situation and was conducted in the spirit and framework of the pact of alliance and agreements existing be- tween Italy and Germany."

Ribbentrop left for Berlin at 9.22 |p.m.- (G,M.T.).—Routàr.

RIBBENTROP FEELS

UNWELL.

London, To-day.

All Ribbentrop's suite except. Dr. Clodius, the economic expert, left with him. Dr. Clodius is remaining in Rome.

A Paris report

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felt indispose the Fope, Ribbe

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was obliged to sit. down for a short time.

The Roma radio announour, In the English bulletin, state mo: auddan Fchange was likely to be made in tha attitude of the Italian. Government as a result of Ribbentrop's 'vlait.

TREND UNCHANGED.

The announcer added that. Italy's attitude was olearly defined by. Count ¿Clano in HIT. Tech an Dec. 16.

Importance of the visit lay

fact that problems · of present

'were" lengthily

and fully probe L

the

man-Italian relations and obligations remained unchanged,--Reuter,

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