The Archive · 1940

British Press Reflects Complete Lack of Alarm Or Anxiety Over Signing of Tripartite Pact

London, Sept. 29. With the German-Italian-Japenese pact, "The Times" outsider whose intervention all three dread most is It is evidently to the advantage of the Axis to lose Asia against American interests in preventing es from assisting the Allied cause in Europe, y desirable for Japan to consider Allies even if afore proceeding further with a campaign of aggres-day threatens American influence more directly. meaning of the pact is shown by the challenging newspapers towards the United States."

Although the British press devotes considerable ie io the new tripartite pact by Germany, Italy and Japan, the accord has failed to cause any feeling of alarm or anxiety, states Reuter's diplomatic correspondent.

The focis are all stated fairly and squarely, and Axis reaction is given as freely as that of neutral coun-

The concensus of opinion seems to

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