Italy Holds Back as Revisionists Claims Would Spoil Efforts Belgrade, Nov. 3.
"Upon Rumania's initiative, the dcfensive Balkan Entente will soon be transformed, into a pact uniting in a neutral bloc all the Balkan nations, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Rumania, Turkey and Yugoslavia, it was report-today.
Negotiations were launched a few days ago through diplomatic channels with a view to transform the antirevisionist Entente into a solidifying peace pact.
Political observers noted this evening that the Yugoslav Minister to Bulgaria recently returned to Belgrade for consultations with leaders of the Yugoslav Foreign Office. Favourable comments. in the Hungarian press were also. cited.. The Rumanian Ambassador only lately returned to Belgrade from Bucharest where he had been recalled for; consultation with Rumanian diplomatic representatives in other Balkan countries, Formation of a Danubian and Balkan neutral bloc, it was confirmed today, would centre round Italy although Rome has not yet made any open diplomatic demarche in this connection.—Havas.
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