British diplomacy is on the eve of another triumph, Judging by dee. Jpatches from Rome and Paris telling jot the great progress made in the Inegotiations for an agreement between France and Italy.
The reports have created great delight in political circles in Lon iden, as British efforts have for 8 considerable time past been directed at. facilitating the achievement of such an agreement as lone of the essential factors in the stabilization of the European situation.
It is recalled that as recently as December 22 the subject was dis-lenssed between Sir John Simon. the Foreign Secretary, who was then jin Paris, and M, Flandin, the French Premier, and M, Laval, the Foreign According to the latest message from the Italian capital, both Signor [Mussolini and the French Ambassador in Rome are optimistic in regard to the satisfactory conclusion of an agreement between the two countries jin time to enable M, Laval to sign fon his visit to Rome early in 1936, The agreement is understood to be based on the following premises:
That Yugoslavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Hungary should agree to support Austrian Independence with Taly, France and Great Britain, "although there are some differences of opinion us to whether Rumania should be Included or not, Italy" arguing that Rumania is not a border state to Austria: That France should agree to give Italy certain territory in French Somaliland bordering Eritrea, which Ttaly considers Important from a. military and strategical point of view: a 8—That France should agree. to let Italy share in the use and working. of the railway. line from Djibouti, in the north of French Somaliland, to. Addis Ababa, in Abyssinia—Reuter.
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