Rome, Oct, 22.
Italian circles believe that the ratification of the Agreement between Great Britain and Italy will immediately follow the reassembly of British Parliament on November 1.
All details connected with ratific tion were understood to have been completed when Lord Perth, the British Ambassador in Rome, saw Count Galeazzo Ciano, the Foreign Minister, a week ago.
It is believed that the announcement of ratification by Great Britain will be followed by an immediate acknowledgement on the part of Signor Mussolini, who will reaffirm Italy's disavowal of territorial ambitions in The reinforcement of national defence departments in the Government is considered inevitable. And the first step, politicians declare, would be the appointment of a Chief of National Service, entrusted with cruitment and the creation of a Ni tional Register of all men.
The names of the ministerial successors to Mr. Alfred Duff-Cooper, who resigned from the post as First Lord of the Admiralty, and the late Lord Stanley, who was Dominions Secretary, may be made known only after the next Cabinet meeting. Political quarters also said that they would not be surprised if Mr. Neville Chamberlain intended to reinforce his Government by creating new National Defence departments. The Munitions and Recruiting Departments are two that may be established, it is understood,
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