The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-05

[ their participation in the French spirit to be brought into question.
 Britain Warns Italy
 London, Dec. 5.-(UP). Britain has warned Italy that recent colonial demonstrations against France are likely to disrupt the new efforts at Friendship between Brit ain and Italy, Prime Minister Cham- berlain told the house of commons today.
 Chamberlain said Lord Perth, British ambassador, has been in- structed to tell Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian foreign minister, that the demonstrations in the Italian chamber for Italian annexation of French TuniSia, Corsica, Savoy and Nice must have 8 detrimental ef- feet on the prospects of collabora- tion."
 Chamberlain announced that nothing in the new Standardization agreement, which is part of his plan for general European appeasement, has affected British obligations to France.
 He thus served notice that Britain will stand with France in resisting any attempt to change things in the Mediterranean.
 While Tunis, Corsica and Nice are not specifically mentioned in the agreement Chamberlain said, they are covered by the provision regarding the status quo in the Mediterranean"
 Germany Displeased
 Berlin, Dec. 5 5- (UP) - Nazi sources indicated today that Ger many considered Italy's anti-French campaign "ill-timed'' and feared that it would embarrass the entire European appeasement program.
 Although there was no official or newspaper comment in Berlin re- garding Italy's campaign against Frence, annoyance was evident in government sources that it should have come on the eve of the sign ing of the new German-French anti-war accord.
 Two important factors stood out from the German viewpoint:
 l. Ambassador Joachim von Rib bentrop, who arrives in Paris to- morrow, is expected to advise France that Italy has not yet offi- cially informed the reich as to the object of the Fascist campaign or asked for the support of Germany. Therefore, the ambassador probably will not be able to make any declar- ation whatever on the subject, it was said reliably.
 3. Regardless of Germany's atti- tude toward the present controversy, it was recalled that Adolf Hitler de- clared after the Austrian and Czech crises that he would fully support my great friend Benito Mussolini." "
 Ribbentrop will attempt to con- vince France that Germany knew nothing in advance of the Fascist demands for French possessions.
 Germany Confident
 German sources were confident that the difficulties between France and Italy would have no effect on the declaration of friendship Rib bentrop will sign in Paris, but the Nazis obviously were annoyed by developments which they feared would weaken the whole appease- ment program.
 Authoritative circles here felt that the Italian demands in the Mediterranean were entirely differ ent from the German espousal oi the Sudeten cause and, for that reason, probably would not be en- titled to the support of the Reich Just what that would mean in re- gard to Hitler's friendship and SUD- port for Mussolini was uncertain.
 Officials would neither confirm nor deny reports that the German ambassador at Rome already had asked the Italian foreign office for an explanation of Italy's campaign against France.