The Sunday newspapers welcome the -Anglo-Italian Agreement as a happy Easter egg for European politics, The "Sunday Times" says:
"Mr. Chamberlain's conciliatory approach finds its justification in the Agreement, The provisions which will be immediately implemented amount to a marked improvement in the Anglo-Italian and, indeed, the European outlook. Goodwill has been restored between the two countries, while sources of persistent friction and recurrent danger have been eradicated from their international lite.
So far from hindering an Anglo-German understanding, the Agreement rather promotes the possibility of this, It seems likely that it will be followed by a French-Italian agreement on somewhat similar lines: such a result would widen still further the area of international accord, The Government's policy of appeasement has made a most auspicious beginning."
The "Observer" says: "This, the first big step towards European conciliation, will be of enormous consequence to the whole cause of peace and goodwill, "During the past two years what has poisoned, relations between Great Britain and Italy, and insinuated a sinister fear of war, was not a firm or diagnòsable issue in rival interests, but an emotional sense of resentment end moral indignation.
"The first lesson is that there must be a new League of Nations, or no League. The obvious chance now given to a dangerously complicated Europe is that the four Powers on hom depends peace should emulate. the Anglo-Italian triumph and again attempt a four-Power pact,"—Reuter, Mr. Bertram Mills Dies
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London, Apr. 16. The death was announced here "Mr. Bertram Mills, pro-e famous Bertram Mills The Protocol further states that, upon these instruments taking effect, negotiations, in which the Egyptian Government will be invited to participate as far as' it is concerned, will be opened with a view to reaching a definite agreement on the boundaries between the Sudan, Kenya and British Somaliland on the one hand, and Italian East Africa on the other, and with regard to certain other matters, such as trade, affecting the relations between those territories.
The instruments annexed to the Protocol are eight in number and are as follows:
1—The Anglo-Italian Declaration of January 2, 1951, regarding the Mediter-Tanean is reaffirmed as is also the ex-Change of Notes of December 31, 1936, Tegarding the status quo in the western Mediterranean; Z—The two parties agree to a periodical exchange of information with Fegard to major prospective administra. tive movements or a redistribution of their respective armed forces in their Overseas territories in or bordering on the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, as well as in Egypt. the Sudan, Italian East Africa, British Somaliland, Kenya, Uganda and the northern part of Tanganyika. The two parties also agree to notify each other In advance of any decision to provide new naval or air bases in the Medite ranean east of longitude 19 degrees fast and in the Red Sea or approaches thereto, '3—There is a further comprehensive agreement with regard to certain areas in the Middle East in which the two parties, bind themselves, to respect the integrity. and independence of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. They agree that it is in their common interest that no Other Power should interfere with the independence. and integrity of those countries. The agreement also deals With certain islands in the Red Sea and between Great Britain and Italy, in re-clarifies and' regularizes position, as ard to. certain "areas in southern Tapia, which have long been under British protection. This applies in particular to the Aden Protectorate Where certain rights have been guaranteed to Italy.
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