Show BRITAIN SPEEDS ITALIAN ACCORD LONDON April 14 INS INS Prime Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ann announced an an- n flounced nc d in the house howe ot of commons to today tollay that he bo hoped th the Anglo Ital ian friendship pact would be signed in Rome this Saturday Members of ot the house howe cheered the prime ministers minister's statement to the echo At the same ame e time a close e powerful powerful powerful power power- ful military alliance between Britain Brit Brit- ala ain and France prance was envisaged in well-informed well circles as u a probable r result of establishment t in Paris of ot the strong government headed by Premier Edouard Some circles expected an early visit by Vice Premier Ca- Ca mUle Chautemps and Foreign Minister Min Mm- ister later Georges Bonnet for an important important tant conference with British lead lead- ers ers Would Hush Critics Other quarters however expressed ex ex- J pressed re ed the opinion the reports of French Anglo-French talks on the cv eve of signature of ot the Italian Anglo-Italian agreement were inspired by official sour sources es as a maneuver to appease possible criticisms that Britain is 13 deserting France for Italy French circles in London declared the projected French Anglo-French talks might be delayed owing to Data Data- diers dier's preoccupation with French affairs The British government also launched efforts to bring France and Italy together in a diplomatic rapprochement as u part of ot the general general gen gen- eral appeasement program anticipated anticipated anticipated antici antici- to follow the Italian British agreement Power Four-Power Pact Aim Mm The great speed with which the Rome London pact is being pushed to final conclusion was attributed to the forthcoming visit of Chancellor Chancel Chancel- lor Hitler to Premier Mussolini in Rome next month Through this pact and through efforts to end the tho long Ital Franco ian estrangement Cham Chamberlain b e r I 1 a a. I in n hopes to bring Germany eventually into a 8 power four-power European securIty securIty security I ity up line-up and thus freeze reeze nazi- nazi fascist expansion Creation of an French Anglo-French defensive de de- de- de land sea and air alliance would serve as another powerful factor to impress upon Hitler the advisability of playing ball with the western democracies political circles cirdes cir cir- cir cir- cl des cles 1 here declared |