Paris, Mar. 18.
Great Britain and France, having made clear their war aims, need not be concerned at the meeting between Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini, but nevertheless, must closely watch the diplomatic game that is being played between Rome and Berlin, "Lo Temps" stated in an editorial today which summed up the general reaction of French opinion to the Duce-Fuehrer talks.
"It has always been expected that Germany, before seeking a decision on the battlefield, would launch a sudden peace offensive in which she would endeavour to include President Roosevelt, the Pope, and most of the neutral states, in favour of a compromise that would leave her the greatest part of her loot," the paper said. "A calm and determined stand on our part will be sufficient to cause the failure of any such attempt."
The opinion prevails in some quarters here that a peace offensive could not have been the only sub-cussed between the two dictad that, in the light of Gers recent diplomatic actions, the for Italians in Tunisia, The last two points denote collaboration of the Axis to obtain satisfaction for Italy's "natural aspirations" the Vatican source said.—United Press,
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