London, Jan. 9. NUEEN the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, goes to Rome tomorrow he will take with him a message from the Spanish Republican Government which he will use if sees fit influencing Italy's fut ture attitude toward the Spanish civil war.
The message contains two assurances: firstly, that in the event of a Republican victory in Spain, the country will not become a Communist state, but will remain a liberal, parliamentary Democracy; secondly, the Republican Government would not adopt an anti-Italian attitude.
Despite the Spanish peoples" resentment against Italian intervention in the civil war, the Republican Government is willing to become one of the partners with Italy in a Mediterranean Pact which Britain would like to arrange between the Mediterranean Powers, it was understood. The Republican assurances were given Britain before the current Nationalist offensive in Catalonia had made any noteworthy advance, and therefore is not the result of military pressure or the chance of Republican collapse, informed quarters revealed.
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