London morning newspapers unanimously sneered at the new alliance. The "Daily Telegraph," in an e torial entitled. "Damp Squib," called the new pact "nothing more fearsome than an egregious re-hash of the anti-Comintern pact."
The tri-partite bond now is no longer in common opposition to Bolshevism, the paper said, but is in the common interest of the creation The first British reaction last night to the tripartite pact was to regard it at present as an empty threat, From the British point of view. informed political quarters said, it was difficult to see how the the moment. could affect the situation, Furthermore, they added, Germany and Italy were hardly able to undertake stronger action against Britain as a result of their alliance with of "new orders" in Europe and Asia.
The only Powers at which the new pact can conceivably be directed against, the paper said, are Russia land the United States Japan.
Speaking in a private capacity. officials declared that the signing of the pact did not surprise the British Government.—United Press.
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