Evening star., 1940-11-20


declaration on Page A3J
Iy the Associated Press.
VIENNA. Nov. 20. - Hungary
signed a military, political and
economic compact with her to-
talitarian friends today, making
the German-It -Italian-Japanese al
Riance into a four nation axis.
The representatives of the four ma
tions affixed their signatures to
document binding Hungary TO JON
the war against any country which
I'm the future may enter the Euro
pean or Japanese-Chinese conflicts.
Then Fuehrer Adolf Hitler re-
Ceived Count Paul Teleky, Premier
of Hungary. and his Foreign Min
lister. Count Stefan Csaky, for a con-
ference at the Hotel Imperial in the
presence of German Foreign Minis
ter Joachim Won Ribbentrop.
After a two-hour talk with the
Fuehrer, the Hungarians left for
home
More Expected to Follow.
BY the stroke Hitler opened a Nazi
military avenue $50 miles further
into the Balkans tOW?rG Greece,
Turkey. Baghdad and SueZ.
Ribbentrop indicated that further
Extensions are to come by declaring
"more powers will follow Hungary.
He described the pact as ''chal-
lenge to all war meters and any
power which is in favor Of extension
Of the war"
The original alliance, signed last
September q at Berlin, is l0-year
military and economic treaty which
binds it's signers to a one -forall and
all -for-one pledge of aid against any
new entrant into either the Euro
pean or Chinese wars.
Hitler Comes for Ceremony.
Hitler was surrounded by his high
est military and diplomatic advisers
| in coming to this One-timc capital
| of annexed Austria for the
ceremony of signature.
The protocol admitting Hungary
to alliance membership was signed
| by Count Csaky. and. for the orig
inal signers. by German Foreign
Minister Won Ribbentrop. Ital-
ian Foreign Minister Count Galeaz-
|zo Ciano and Saburuo Kurusu, jap
|anese Ambassador to Germany.
They and Hungarian Premier
Teleky were Hitlers guests of honor
| at luncheon in Belvedere Castle.
There was no intimation from any
sources how soon any military oper-
ations might follow these Nazi diplo-
matte strides toward the Balkans,
but scarcely an observer doubted
such a step would be taken.
In the original agreement, Ger
many, Italy and Japan bound them
selves Ito assist one another with
all political. economic and military
means when one Of the three con-
tracing powers is attacked by
power not at present involved in the
European war or in the Chinese
japanese conflict
Since then. Italy has invaded
Greece. contending the Greeks had
sided actively with Britain by per-
mitting her use of bases on Greek
soil.
Other Nazis in Vienna.
Besides the Fuehrer, German
leaders in Vienna when Hungary
was enrolled in the expanding axis
front included Field Marshal Gen.
Wilhelm Keitel. chief of the German
high command; Franz Won Papen,
German Ambassador to Turkey, who
had been presumed to be on his way
to Ankara. and Hitler's military ad-
jutants.
The brief protocol merely admitted
Hungary to the partnership and
stipulated she would be called in for
conferences on questions touching
her interests.
1t was the second time Hungary
had linked herself recently with a
Rome Berlin n-Tokio agreement. The
first was when she joined the anti
COmintern pact February "a, 1899.
By Joining up, Hungary became a
party to what has been regarded IN
the United States as an attempt
to check American aid for Great
Britain.
Since no European power save
Soviet Russia ever could think OF
attacking the totalitarlan trlumvlrate
"a combine of 25O,OO0,0OO people
and specific reservations are made
concerning Russia, the United States
is the only power envisaged by the
pledge of mutual assistance, it was
said here.
Russia and Germany are bound
by a 1O-year pledge of non-aggres-
sion, signed at Moscow August "a,
1889, and the original axis alliance