Rome, Dec. 28.
The visit which the Pope made to the King and Queen of Italy today has "no connection with practical problems of war or peace," declares Slmor Virginia Gayds, mouthpiece of Signor Mussolini, in an article in "Giornale d'Italia."
"Italian policy," he adds, *is one of independence' and vigilance, but war and peace find the Church Rome and Italy on identical plat-
Copenhagen, Dec, 28.
The Berlin correspondent of the "National Tidende" states itis be-Meved in some quarters of the man capital that the object of negotiations between the Vatican and the Italian Government is to develop a stronger front against Communism, and to reply to the continued and reinforced efforts of Moscow to carry through 'a Bolshevik world revolu-
U.S. Greatest Source Of War Materials Washington, Dec. 28.
That the United States is stil! one vt the principal markets for planes and war material in the world Is revealed in the figures released for the export of these products not only to belligerent but also to neutral countries.
Exports to France totalled in November last $32,149,298 and con-Sisted mostly of planes.
Chinese imported 170,522,000 worth of spare parts for planes.
Japan also imported spare parts! for her planes, her purchases amounting to only $4588, This is explained by the virtual In this connection, a high official from an American aviation concern declared that the shipment sent to Japan consisted of spare parts for planes delivered to that country before the virtual embargo and for which spare parts supplies had been "Havas. the enemy who has been counting securely on India's embarrassment rather than. aid to the British war
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