London, Jan. 22.
The broadcast speech of Mr. Winston Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty, on Saturday night, in which he urged small newal nations to stand together against aggression and wrong, finds warm support in France, but does not appear to have created a too favourable impression in Belgium and italy, Political circles in Rome cite the speech as justifying the accusations irequenily made in the Italian press that Great Britain and France have for sometime been doing their utmost to extend the field of battle to the whole of Europe.
Although official Belgian comment is hitherto unavailable, the "National Belge," a Catholic and conservative organ, gives the speech the headline: "Strange reprimand to neutrals by Churchill."
The French press, however, wel. comes the broadcast. "Lo Temps" says that only the unequivocal victory of France and Britain will save all the peoples of Europe from mortal peril, while "L'Intransigeant" hopes that Mr. Churchill's words will be heard, and suggests that the Allies should establish liaison between the Netherlands group, the Scandinavian bloc, the Balkan Entente and the Saadabad group (Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan)—Reuter.
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