London, Apr. 17.
Success or failure of Anglo-French negotiations for a wide system of anti-war accords will greatly influence the tenor of Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech on April 28, when he is to answer President Roosevelt's appeal for ten years of peace, diplomatic quarters predicted today.
Observers here especially noted the different reactions shown in Berlin and Rome when Presidept Roosevelt's appeal was first made public.
The German press was at once violent and negative whereas Italian newspapers were at first rather hesitant and in some ways even favourable. Then Signor Mussolini conferred with Field-Marshal Hermann Goering, who was in Rome, and immediately afterwards, the Italian press assumed a negative attitude while German newspapers became more moderate today.
Politicians declared that Berlin and Rome were showing uneasiness.—Havas.
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