Rapprochement Effort Sought on Four Points Vatican City, May 1.
Pope Pius is seeking to arrange a rapprochement between Italy and Britain based on four major points submitted by Italy, authoritative sources disclosed early today. The talks on Friday between the British Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, and the Italian Ambassador in Lon: don, Sig. Giuseppe Bastianini were arranged as a result of intervention by the Pope, it was disclosed.
Italy, it is understood in Vatican circles, is willing to resume friendly negotiations with Britain provided that her demands are met. These points were outlined by authoritative sources as follows:
1. Italy's position in the Mediterranean must be revised.
2. Britain must give assurances that Italian interests in the Balkans will not be damaged by British economic pressure in that sector.
3. Britain must recognize that Italy's alliance with Germany would not permit her to "stand aloof" if the Allies tried to bring about the overthrow of the Nazi regime in Germany or attempted to dismember the German state.
4. Italian maritime trade in the future would not be hampered by the British blockade.—United Press.
Marshal Petain Arrives In Paris Paris, May 1.
Marshal Philippe Petain, French Ambassador to Spain, returned here today.—Havas. place along the coast of Norway.—Reuter.
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