Rome, Feb. 24.
Italian newspapers today devote columns to despatches from all over Europe about what their headlines describe as the "threat of war from the Black Sea to the Arctic" Whi all refrain from comment, the impression is created that hostilities may- break out at any moment in the Caucasus as well as in northern Europe.
"La Tribuna" quotes a statement in an Istanbul newspaper that Turkey will enter the war on the side of the Allies on the day any power marches against the Balkans.
Some newspapers give prominent display to Berlin reports about the army of General Maxime Weygand, French Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, in Syria, and emphasize the vulnerability of the Soviet oil-bearing district.
Despatches from Cairo stress the collaboration in the Near East among Britain, France and Egypt.
An article in the Gothenburg (Swedish) newspaper "Nytid" is also published, stating the demonstrative visit to Egypt of Mr. Anthony Eden, British Dominions Secretary, shows that it means there is something doing. Germany, the "Nytid" declares, "cannot prevent a mobilization there, The hopes of the Arab world to finish the hated Briton have vanished. Russia's setback in Finland has given the Allies the trumps in the diplomatic game. If the Allies cut the oil deliveries from Baku, the war is won and Berlin and Moscow are lost."—Reuter.
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