Rome, Feb, 27, The interest of political circles is concentrated on the appointment of Lord Halifax as British Foreign Secretary, and on the conversations between the British Cabinet and Lord Perth, great satisfaction being expressed that the Anglo-Italian di: cussions will begin next week, imm: diately after the return of the British Ambassador to Rome, The London correspondent of the "Popolo di Roma" warns, however, against excessive optimism and points to the possibility of certain manœuvres on the part of Moscow with the aim of preventing an Anglo-Italian understanding. These manceuvres, according to the correspondent, will probably be directed in the first instance to placing obstacles in the path of the Non-Intervention Committee.
The correspondent stresses in this connection that Moscow will endeavour to use the British opposition parties as a battering ram against the British Government—Trans-
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