Stockholm, Oct. 16, 'A feeling of considerable irritation against Italy and Soviet Russia is prevailing in Germany at present, the Berlin correspondent of the "Svenska Dagbladet" reported from the German capital today.
Well aware that it is not possible to halt the Soviet advance, Germany's leaders now fear that the Soviet Union may soon jeopardize—if it has not done so already—Germany's vital interests, As for Italy, the German Government hoped that the crushing success in Poland would bring Italy to the Reich's side, Il Duce is justifying his country's neutrality through a secret clause in the TItalo-German "steel pact" which specifies that it does not enter into force before a period of three years has elapsed, According to certain quarters in Berlin, anti-German tendencies are beginning to make themselves felt in the Italian press in the shape of telegrams dated from foreign countries and given a prominent place in the Italian
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