Evening star., 1934-11-26
Turin Court Rules Against
Removal of DR.. PaVeliCh
and Kvaternik Second
Blow Within Two Days.
ADDED COMPLICATIONS
IN EUROPE FORESEEN
Austrian Government Reported
Supporting Budapest and Rome
in Demanding Immediate
Hearing of Accusations by
Budapest Authorities.

(Copyright 1884 by the Associated Press
ROME, November 26.-Italy today
openly defed Yugoslavia's attempt to
investigate the plot that resulted IN
the assassination of King Alexander
at Marseilles last month by refusing
Frances demand for the eXtradltlon
of two alleged principals.
The Court of Appeals at Turin
ruled against Frances request for DR..
Ante Pavelich, alleged terrorist leader,
and his supposed assistant, Egon
Kvaternik Both have been under
arrest in Italy since shortly after the
murder of Alexander and Louis Bar
thou, the late foreign minister of
France.
A curt three line communique
issued this afternoon announced that
the Court of Appeals had decided the
extradition must not be conceded to
France" This is the second blow
Italy has delivered to Yugoslavia in
two days.
Demanded Charges Be Heard.
On Saturday she demanded fatty
that the League of Nations Council
Immediately hear Yugoslavia's grave
charges that the Marseille assassina-
tons were plotted in Hungary. and
an Italian government spokesman said
Italy and Hungary will be joined by
Austria in presenting united front
at Geneva when Yugoslavia's charge
is heard.
France, acting on the urgent sug-
gestion Of Yugoslavia, demanded the
extradition of Pavelich on the grounds
that several alleged accomplices ar
rested in France named him as their
leader. He was the acknowledged
head Of the Ustashi, Croatian or
ganization aimed at Gberating Croatia
from Yugoslav control.
That Frances demand would be met
with a negative reply was a foregone
conclusion in view of the fact that
France had denied AZ italian requests
for the extradition of political exiles
in recent years However, diplomatic
sources said that the Italian decision,
coming at this delicate moment, would
further complicate the situation and
embitter the Italo-Yugoslav relations
still more.
DeIlldI htdSOHS 1NOt Stdtcu.
The Turin court communique did
not state the reasons for the denial
of the eXtradition request, but official
sources said they we're based on legal
points of difference between ordinary
crime and political crime. The Court
of Appeal decision meant that ex-
tradition is definitely denied by Italy
since. by the law, the minister OF
justice, who is given the right of final
decision, must issue the same verdict
as the Court of Appeal when that
court decides in favor of a person
under arrest.
Reports from Vienna are to the
effect that the government of Chan
cellor Kurt Schuschnigg strongly sup
ports Hungary and Italy in demand
ing an immediate hearing of the
Yugoslav accusations. These three
nations will request an investigation
by the League of the entire question
Of political eXiles.
Negotiations for an Italo-F French
rapprochement will not be halted by
the present situation, the spokesman
said. He pointed out that France did
not present a note at Geneva to ac-
company the one submitted by Yugo-
slavia as did Czechoslovakia and
Rumania
Italian newspapers editorially called
particular attention to this fact and
concluded, therefore. that France does
not support Yugoslavia's charge.
spokesman characterized the Bel
grade action as deliberate attempt
to introduce wedge into Italo- French
negotiations
Premier Mussolinis attitude toward
the Yugoslav move at Geneva changed
overnight, it was revealed today. Un-
til Friday he wanted to play it down
in order that the political atmosphere
of Europe not be disturbed.
When the Yugoslav letter, however,
was published, Mussolini was said to
be amazed at its allegedly violent
tone. He decided Hungary could not
be permitted to remain under such
charges for nearly two months with
out having chance to reply to them
and is now pressing for an early
hearing.
Pavelich, Croat, has lived in italy
for at least a year. adding complica-
tions to the case. Both he and Kvat-
ernik deny any connection with the
plot
MuSSollnlS newspaper, II Popolo
d'Italia of Milan, yesterday warned
that Yugoslav charges at Geneva of
Hungarian completely in the assassi-
nation threatened to upset any chance
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