Rome, June 4.
The majority of the 53 members of the British Contraband Control Com. mittee stationed at Rome left here by train yesterday en route to France, The remaining members of the committee will leave on Tuesday, Simultaneously, a Yugoslav commercial delegation arrived here to negotiate a new trade accord, as Italy moved to further strengthen its position in the Balka:
The Fascist newspaper, "Piccolo," displayed on its front page a despatch from Tangiers saying that the population of that city was excited over persistent reports that British and French troops may be landed there in view of the revival of Spanish claims to Gibraltar.
"The British and French landing: the newspaper said, "would give Britain and France a counter position ould something happen at Gibraltar."
The newspaper also prominently printed despatches from Casablanca and Algiers protesting against alleged persecution of Italians in Algiers and French Morocco, (Continued on page 8, col. 1)
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