London, Apr. 4.
It is understood that an agreement between Great Britain and Italy is expected to be reached, and to be ready for signing, before Easter Signor Mussolini is believed. to be anxious that the signing of the agreement should take place before Herr Hitlers visit to Rome in May.
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Desire to Uphold Peace Expressed in Telegrams Bucharest. Apr. 3.
The new Rumanian Foreign Minister. M, Petrescu Comnene. has sent a telegram to the Soviet Foreign Commissar. M. Maxim Litvinoff expressing his desire to ce-operate with his Soviet colleague in the maintenance of world peace and the improvement of Soviet-Rumanian relations.
Litvinoff replied thanking the Rumanian. Foeign Minister and stressing the Soviet desire to pursue a "good neighbour" policy and uphold the inviolability of peace.
M. Comnene sent a similar tele-. gram dealing with Franco-Rumanian relations to M. Joseph Paul-Boncour, French Foreign Minister.—Havas.
Osaka, Apr. 4.
Changing original plans because of new developments in North and Central China, the Japan Electric In. dustrialists' Federation to-day decided io establish a powerful company to manage electric power enterprises in China Originally an electric company with a capital of ¥.5,000,000 was to nave been established in North China, while another power company in Central China was to have been created. with the organization of the Central China Electric Industrialists'
Association, consisting of twenty Japanese electric power companies.
The new concern, to be known as the Chunghua Tienyieh Kungssu, (the China Electric Industry Company) will control the industry both "in Central and North China.—Domei.
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