Venice, Apr. 24.
Yugoslavia formally aligned herself with the Totalitarian Powers by agreeing to "intensify both political and economic collaboration with Italy and Germany" and enter into a friendship pact with Hungary, another member of the Anti-Comintern Pact.
Announcement yesterday of Yugoslavia's action climaxed a two-day meeting between the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, and the Yugoslav Foreign Minister, M. Alexander Cincar-Markovic.
Count Ciano was understood to ha acted both for Italy and Germany in the important Yugoslav negotiations. Italy and Germany, it was understood, are seeking to create a new Balkan bloc consisting of Yugoslavia, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Immediate results of the nego tions are expected to be a regrouping of the Powers in the Danube Basin and south-eastern Europe and domination of Yugoslav foreign policy by Italy.
However, it was learned that Yususlavia will not join the Anti-Com'nlem Pact in the near future, but Hungarian-Yugoslav non-aggression pact is expected to follow within a few weeks.—United Press.
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