Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1937, Page 5

HITLER-MUSSOLINI FRONT INCOMPLETE Many Gaps Remaining to Be Filled—Recent Talks Starting Point. PARIS, September 30 (NANA).— Impressions of the most competent observers on the spot as to the Hitler- Mussolini meeting cannot as yet be regarded as final. Their impressions) will become more definite when the German foreign minister, Baron Con- stantin von Neurath, begins to en- lighten the foreign ambassadors and especially the British envoy, Nev:lle; Henderson, who is now particularly gavored by the German government. It is agreed by most that the meet- ing must be regarded as a starting point only, and that several important gaps are still to be found in the pro- gram of Italo-German action. These gaps are not likely to be filled until Berlin and Rome have had an oppor- tunity to test Franco-British soli- darity regarding Central Europe and the Mediterranean. ! | However, unless Britain should re- | golve to give Germany a free hand in | Austria and Czechoslovakia—an un- likely contingency—the probabilities | are that the Italo-German bloc will | gradually consolidate and, as a con- | sequence, the French-British anti- bloc will assert itself. The process, however, will be a lengthy one, since neither Berlin nor London wishes such | a development to occur because it| would preclude chances of an Anglo- German settlement. Duce Moving Force. ‘The moving force within the Italo- German association is assuredly Mus- solini, who insists upon an equal dis- tribution of profits and does not m'mh} the prospect of Germany going ahead | in Central Europe, while Italy isi forced to mark time in the Mediter-| ranean and be left there to face| British naval and air rearmament next year. | Meanwhile, the following points can | be recorded: First, in a general way, | Germany and Italy remain true to the so-called system of the four-powers'| pact, whereby Western Europe would | practically abandon Central and East- | ern Europe to their fate. | Second. syl ignored is the question whether Hitler has succeeded in ob- | taining Mussolini’s adhesion to a more drastic enforcement of the Austro-German treaty of July, 1936, | which would imply the admission of | Austrian Nazis into the Austrian cab- inet and even perhaps the ordering of | & plebiscite. It is surmised that Mus- solini endeavored to have such an ad- | vance of the German cause postponed | At any rate until Germany's full mili- tary support in the Mediterranean has been promised him ‘Third, regarding Spain things are seen in a clearer light. Mussolini told | Hitler that he would not concede to France and England the withdrawal | of so-called volunteers fighting in Bpain and tried to obtain Germany’s military assistance in gase France and England should bring the issue to a | head. However, Hitler is believed to | have explained to him that the ques- | tion of military assistance was not of | wctual interest, because Great Britain, soothed by Italian concessions (ad- | hesion to the Nyon Convention and a | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1937. With the Nation’s Richest Doris Duke Cromwell, reputed to be the richest girl in the world, was all smiles yesterday, and so was her husband, James Cromuwell, when they arrived in on the Panamerican Clipper. flight and his fourth. Almeda, Calif., from Honolulu It was her third trans-Pacific John Jacob Astor, 3d, and his wife enjoying an evening at a New York night club. —A. P. Photos. | promise to send no more troops to | Spain), could not be easily persuaded | by France to take her side in a long- | sustained, energetic attitude in rela- | tion to the recall of volunteers. Warlike Risks Now Opposed. It is known that Hitler's most mod- | erate advisers consider the present | circumstances unfavorable to an as- | sumption of warlike risks by Germany. Particularly, they are not far from considering Japan’s campaign against | China calamitous from the German | viewpoint as bound to detract Japan | from bringing pressure to bear upon ! Soviet Russia, a pressure which Ger- man military authorities have always deemed important. These authorities express the opinion that Japan at- tacked at the wrong time and in the | wrong direction. ‘ Fourth, when Hitler visits Rome. perhaps in November, the question of an Italo-German alliance will be ex- amined again and more thoroughly ac- cording to the circumstances then in existence. Such are the indications that can now be given without plunging into too far-fetched speculation. (Copsrisht, 1037, by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) War Risk Insurance Issuance Killed by Spain, China Havoc| By the Associated Press. | LONDON, September 30.—The long- | range destructive power of modern sircraft has caused British insurance companies to cease issuing war-Tisk insurance. 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