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Show HITLER, CIANO i TO DARE TIES By JOSEPH W. GRIGO J. BUKUN, May 1 lLT)Adolt Hitlar and Count Galeaxxo Ciano, Italian foreign minister, will maka Important apaachaa her next waak on tba occasion of tha formal sign-lng sign-lng of a Carman-Italian military pact. It waa understood today. Hitler waa expected to aay that I tha armiea of Germany and Italy now constitute a single unit in support sup-port of German and Italian diplomatic diplo-matic programs. It was reported In soma quarters that the government would make soma sort of declaration within the next few weeks directed against powera which hava aligned themselves them-selves with Great Britain and France in what Germans aay la an "encirclement" policy. Are Targets Turkey and Poland, particularly, were mentioned as targets. It waa even rumored in some quarters that Hitler might withdraw with-draw his dlplomatlo representatives from thaaa countries. .Nails were understood to be trance Into a defensive treaty with Britain. It waa reported that Baron Frani von Papen, sent to Turkey as ambassador to balk the pact, soon would be called home to "report," and wall informed nasi sources predicted pre-dicted the government would take some sort of retaliatory action against Turkey. Ciano is expected to arrive Sunday Sun-day and to apend three or four days here and at Munich. Tha German-Italian German-Italian pact ia to be signed, at a time to be selected, at Hitler's new chancellery. It waa reported persistently that some high Vatican official might visit Berlin next month, to pursue tha pope's effort to aid In aettling the differences between the "axis"; powers and tha British-French bloc As Hitler continued his inspection of the new lines of fortifications on tha French frontier, nail agencies for the first time gave some details of their nature. Offers Suggestions Describing how Hitler during repeated re-peated halts encouraged workers on the fortifications and offered suggestions sug-gestions for improvements, tha official offi-cial newa agency aaid: "In tha Moselle valley tha fuehrer Inspected the many floored fortifications fortifica-tions of most modern construction, buried inside hills. Deep in the earth there were comfortable quarters quar-ters for whole units of men with sleeping quarters adjoining. "All quarters were gas proofed and protected against shelling. "Long high paaaagewaya lead to numerous advanced fortified towers, equipped with heavy machine guns and antitank guns I "A floor deeper are extensive munitions mu-nitions and supply rooms snd workshops. work-shops. From above nothing ia to be seen of all this Secret roads approach ap-proach tha fortifications." |