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London, Apr. 18.
In reply to a question regarding the significance of the speech made by Mr. Ronald Cross, Minister Economic Warfare, at Shemeld, last night, in which be gave a warning that Ttaly should behave as a neural if she desired (0 be treated as a neutral, auf authoritative spokesman today informed Reuter that there was Little to add to the speech.
One might, however, like to subtract something perhaps from the Keadlines given to the reports of the speech. The references in the speech to aly, the spokesman remarked, seemed. to represent a reasonable point of view, in that the Allies desired to know where they stood.
Tt would be quite a mistake to take these references as a deliberate demarche, and it would be unwise to attach any undue importance to them. When one analysed these references, the spokesman continued, it was found they were friendly and reasonable in tone. Great Britain had scrupulously kept the Anglo-Italian agreement of 1938, and she wanted to continue doing so.—Reuter.
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