Paris, Oct. 13.
The appointment of M. Andre Francois-Poncet, the present Ambassador to Germany, as the new Ambassador to Italy, will become effective upon the agreement of the Italian Government.
Restoration of normal diplomatic relations between France and Italy will involve the recognition of the Italian Empire by France, after which the two countries will start negotiations to settle pending problems, mainly the enforcement of the agreement signed in Rome in January, 1935, between Il Duce and M. Pierre Laval, then French Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the border.between Eritrea and French Somaliland, and of the agreement on ihe Tunis problem.
Rectification of the Eritrea-French Somaliland border is based on the London Pact which granted colonial compensations to and was subjected to an agreement on Tunis which formed the subject of negotiations in Rome at the end of 1934 and early in 1935, the results of which were mentioned in a special protocol annexed to the January, 1935, Mussolini-Laval accord.
'"Materialization of the agreements on Eritrea and Tunis was delayed because of the Ethiopian affair and the resulting sanctions.—Havas.
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