Rome, May 7.
The announcement of a formal alliance with Germany is not regarded as sensational in political circles. Nevertheless, the announcement of the alliance is thought to have bound Italy in a public manner far more strongly than she was bound before.
Count Ciano's newspaper, "Il Telegrato," says: "Italy and Germany recognize that each has a sphere of interests. For Italy, it is the whole of the Mediterranean; for Germany, it is the Baltic and the central European zone. Each carries out the realization of its task in full autonomy, without the other being rigidly compelled to support the partner, but only to facilitate the way. In one ease only is the solidarity rigid and entire, namely, an ideological war. In that case, the two countries are resolved, because each knows that the defeat of one would mean catastrophe for the other."
Count Ciano is returning to Rome and Herr von Ribbentrop to Berlin.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.