Evening star., 1937-11-06
ITALY JOINS REICH
AND JAPAN IN PACT
FOR WAR ON REDS
Communist Peril to World
Seen in Treaty-Rome's
Campaign Hailed.
AGREEMENT LACKING
MILITARY PROVISIONS
Ciano, Ribbentrop and Hotta Sign
Triplicate Accord With
Four Articles.
BACKGROUND-

BACKGROUND
Germany and Japan last No
Uem6er signed agreement for CO.
operative action against the Com
munist International, uhose lead
erShtp holds dominant positions in
government of U. S. S. r. Agree
nent prouided for mutual police
aaton against activities of COMM
tern and for exchange of informa-
tton. Mussolini iCas guest of
Reichsfnehrer Hitler in September.
ichen arrangements for Italian en-
trance into agreement arv hs1ieped
to haze been made. M
By the Associated Press.
ROME, Nov. 6.--Italy Joined japan
and Germany today in an accord
against Communism which their
protocol declared continues to place
the civilized world" in the constant"
danger Of war.
The protocol stipulated that italy
be considered an original signatory of
the nearly year-old German-Japanese
pact against the Communist Interna-
tionai.
The protocol was a short document.
giving a 15O-word Introductory state
msnt the three powers reasons for the
agreement.
The Introduction declared that only
by close collaboration of "all states
interested in maintaining peace"
could the war danger be removed,
Tribute Paid to Italy.
1t paid separate tribute to Italy
which has combatted this danger
with an inflexible determination and
has eliminated interpational Com
munism from its territory"
Italy had decided, the introduction
went on, to associate herself with
Germany and Japan "wbo on their
part are animated by the same will
to defend, themselves against the
Communist International"
-Four brief articles were appended
after the Introductory statement, set
ting forth these clauses:
l. Italy enters the -Cominteru
agreement Of November IL, 1895.
2. Italy will be considered as a sig
natory Of the original accord.
3. The protocol is made an integral
part of the previous accord and its
supplementary protocol.
4. The protocol is done in tripHcate
In Rome.
The new accord was written in
Italian, German and japanese.
The broadened accord contained no
military clauses. The agreement, as
originally concluded, however, bound
the signatories to keep each other in
formed of international Communist
activities and to act together on
necessary defense measures"
After the ceremony of signing the
triplicate pact at Palazzo Chigi the
three powers representatives went to
Palazzo Venezia to give Premier Mus
Solini formal notification.
Italian Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano, Joachim Won Rib
bentrop, German Ambassador to Lon
don, and Masaaki Hotta, Japanese
Ambassador to Rome, signed for their
governments an hour before noon.
Won Ribbentrop, who had been given
special mission to Rome for this pur-
pose, had negotiated the nearly year
old anti Communism pact between
Germany and Japan which was en-
larged By today's action to include
Italy.
Communique Issued,
An official conmunique said:
This morning a protocol has been
signed by which Italy enters the agree
ment against the Communist Inter-
rationale already agreed upon between
Germany and japan Nov. rs, 1886"
The German-Japanese accord had