London, Nov. 26, The British Government will reject any proposal for a Christmas armistice. This was made clear in the House of Commons today when the Prime minister, Mr. Winston Church-iN, gave this reply to a question, (Mr, Churchill was asked what the Government's attitude would be in. the event the Vatican or some new neutral state offered its good offices to bring about a 48-hour cessation hostilities during the Christmas séa-
The speedy denial given by the official Soviet news agency to a German newspaper report regarding Hungary's adherence to the tripartite Axis pact is regarded by diplomatic circles here as a restatement of the Soviet Union's neutrality and an affirmation that Russia will stay outside the Axis, The report concerned appeared in the "Hamburger Fremdenblatt," which declared that Hungary's adherence to the pact was made with the approval and cooperation of the. Soviet Union.
Apart from tke Tass Agency denial of this report, no reaction has yet appeared to Slovakia's adherence to the pact or similar action on the part of Rumania and Hungary.—Reuter.
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