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Show FUEHRER SENDS DUCEMESSAGE ROME, March M (UP) Bernardo Ber-nardo Attolieo, Italian minister to Berlin, la seeding to Rome with a message from Fuehrer Adolf Hitler Hit-ler to Premier Benito Mussolini regarding the Joint position of the Rome-Berlin axis in the face of the stiffening British-French attitude toward Germany, aa authoritative source said tonight. Usually well informed c Ire lee here understood Attolica Is hurrying hurry-ing to eee Muaaolinl before the latter lat-ter makes ths finsl draft -of his speech next Sundsy regarding Italy's demands on France. The same quarters suggestsd the messsgs from Hitler may be the forerunner of the first Joint action by the axis la ths International field. Home fascist quarters sven suggested sug-gested Hitler may refer to hie desire de-sire to ses Italy voles her "natural aspiration" now that Germany regards re-gards ths Csecho-Slovakian situation situa-tion as ended. Reports of a rift In ths Rome-Berlin Rome-Berlin axis ovsr dec ho -Slovak la were authoritatively denied In government gov-ernment circles, whsre official eognlsaacs was not even given to such reports. Foreign observers here contend that Italy certainly would not break suddsnly with Germany under any ctrrtrmstsnesa, since auch a break would be more diplomatls If worked out slowly ovsr a long period during dur-ing which Italy's claims on France might even play a pan in negotiations negotia-tions for a nsw set-up with other oountriss. |