Rome, Oct, 31
Count Luigi Aldrovandi Marescotti is expected to represent Italy at the Nine-Power Conference, which will open in Brussels on November 3 in an effort.to end the Sino-Japanese conflict by agreement.
It is taken for granted that Count Ciano, the Foreign Minister, will not attend.
Count Marescotti is an official of the Foreign Office. He specializes on Far Eastern affairs, and was Italian representative on the Lytton Committee which went to Manchoukuo in 1932,—Reuter.
Following the decision by the Italian Government to grant leave to Signor Cerruti, it was announced last night that Signor Renato Prunas. present head of the European Department of the Foreign Ministry, will be appointed Counsellor to the Paris Embassy where he will act as Charge d'Affaires. Baron di Fontana Aegi Angell Scaduto-Mendola, who is Counsellor to the Paris Embassy, will be appointed probably as Minister to Costa-Rica—Havas,
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