Rome, July 19.
Discussions aiming at consolidatin: a central European bloc composed of Italy, Germany and Hungary were begun between Signor Mussolini and M. Bela Imredy, the Hungarian Prime Minister, in the Palazzo Venezia last evening.
Count Galeazzo Ciano, the Foreign Minister, and M. Kalman de Kany: the Hungarian Foreign Minister were also present.
"The bloc will replace the Rome Protocols Bloc disrupted by the disappearance of Austria as an independent state. The bloc, howe will have friendly relations with Yugoslavia, to whom are now extended many economic advantages formerly conceded by Italy to Aus-trio It is thought that a friendly hand will also be offered to Rumania, but relations with Czechoslovakia' are described as "obscure."
The newspaper "La Tribuna," suggests that claims of the Hungarian minority in Czechoslovakia may be discussed,
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