Favourable comment was forthcom. ing from Italian political quarters and the press today on the Danube Committee's decision to control navigation on the river.
Members of the Committee are Bul-gona, Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia and their agreement on this Danubian problem was seen here as a possible starting-point for further ce-operation, "This accord is of exceptional significance for it is the first agreement concluded in a time of international crisis between States which have always found it difficult to co-
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