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Show ITALY TO BACK HITLER'S PEACE OR ELSE DRIVE Duce Reported to Be Fully Prepared to. Support Nazis ROME. Oct. 2 (INS)-IUly Is f "ly prenared to support to the limit the projected peace drive of nasi Germany and soviet Russia, it was stated on reliable authority today as Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister, entrained for Rome after a brief visit to Berlin. While the Rome newspaper II Messagero stated that Reichs-fuehrer Reichs-fuehrer Adolf Hitler would launch his "peace offensive" in a speech to the reichstag, probably Wednesday, Wed-nesday, it was stated that Ciano has now been fully Informed of what Is termed the fuehrer's "ultimate" "ulti-mate" or final attempt to restore re-store peace in Europe. Ciano conveyed to Hitler Premier Prem-ier Mussolini', outline regarding the requisite factors of any peace move. These -rms were fairly well known before Ciano went to Berlin Ber-lin and required only new consideration consid-eration In the light of Germany's agreement with soviet Russia. Informed circles were pessimistic pessimis-tic over the possibility of a peace conference at presence. Hitler's move Is expected only to gain support sup-port on . e home front for continuation con-tinuation of war and to swing the (Continued on FM Two) (Column rourl f Italy, Nazi Leader Confer on 3Iomcnton Problem vc - f . , '''. i i ... mt ?a v ' r.'YV- vj ,'; U - - T-V; 7' .; :- 7 X Hj!Z, ' . i ': . , , - 1 'rMp?ry"-.' "v:. r f COUNT CIANO SITS IN WITH DEB FUEHRER"' I Left to right. Count Galea no Clano, Adolf Hitler and Joachim yon Ribbentrop, German foreign minister Italy Will Back Hitler's Peace or War Ultimatum tOMIaeaS Trtm Pas Oatl Balkan nations Into closer support of Germany and Italy. Clano may make a full report to the council of ministers when It meets tomorrow. Here Is what Vlr-ginio Vlr-ginio Gayda, Premier Mussolini's authorised press spokesman, had to say: "The present trip of Signer Clano cannot be Isolated. It is only one step In a large plan to be carried out by Germany and Italy In behalf be-half of general European peace. This has already met with success in Spain, central Europe and certain cer-tain Balkan sonee." Peace or War Demand Drafted by Berlin . By PIEBJU I. HUM BERLIN, Oct S (INS) As Italian Ital-ian Foreign Minister Count Galeas-ao Galeas-ao Clano left Berlin for Rome after take the form of "peace ultimatum." ulti-matum." His object K was stated authoritatively, authori-tatively, will be to demonstrate that continuation of the war would be fruitless, but thst Great Britain and France will have to bear for history and posterity the responsibility of war guilt If Germany's Ger-many's "olive branch" Is brushed aside. Informed circles believed that Hitler would leave the door open for neutral mediators to chart a path to peace. Despite lack of official evidence, there were definite indications in high German quarters that Hitler waa considering the advisability of sounding out Mr. Roosevelt as to the prospects of strictly neutral mediation preconditioned upon the creation of an autonomous Polish state and recognition of the recent state of affairs as a "fait accompli." A positive refusal by Britain and Francs to compromise on any such a visit of only lost hours, the question of "war to the hilt or peace In our time" narrowed down In the German view today to one that rests solely with London and Paris to decide. Clano and German Foreign Minister Min-ister Joachim von Ribbentrop wound up their conversation la record time. A one-hour review of the European Euro-pean situation la general just before be-fore the Italian statesman boarded his train served to cover the various va-rious points at stake. It waa authoritatively au-thoritatively Indicated that come what may, the Rome-Berlin axis remains "unimpaired." The war or peace situation la expected to reach its climax this coming week end. Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler probably will go before be-fore the relchstag oa Friday or Saturday to outline a. peace program pro-gram designed to afford competent compe-tent neutral mediators. Including President Roosevelt, an opportunity opportu-nity to put an end to limitless carnage in the wast before it truly begins. Hitler's address will probably basis may be expected to bring Into action Hitler's complete war machine on land, asa and la the air, particularly new and formidable formida-ble wee pons which are directed chiefly against England. In his recent speech at Danzig Hitler hinted at some new secret weapons of terrible destructive power which he threatened, to use as aa answer to Britain's blockade. block-ade. Thus, If his peace offer la turned down, the fuehrers object will be to force a decision In a abort war calculated to last only a couple of months. It was understood that all points of European war and peace problems, prob-lems, including Russo-German relations, re-lations, were clarified during CI-ano's CI-ano's brief visit In addition, the future course of Joint Italo-Cer-man relations waa mapped la detail. de-tail. In this connection, emphasis was given an authoritative declaration that whatever the outcome of the peace move may be, the Rome-Berlin axia stands unshaken and unshakable. |