AUTHORITATIVE quarters here categorically denied the report London, May 7.
that Great Britain sent Italy a note requesting her to define her stand in the present international situation in a specific manner. The reports that the Italian Government had asked the British authorities a number of questions on the meaning of the British measures in the Mediterranean remain unconfirmed. It has been learned by informed circles, however, that the matter was raised by the Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano last week during his conversations with Sir Noel Charles, British Charge d'Affaires in Rome.
Germany, taking advantage of the already unsettled conditions in the states of south-eastern Europe, is doing her utmost to spread further uncertainty and confusion in the Balkan capitals, according to a statement issued tonight by
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