NAVAL MOVES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 291, 21 September 1935, Page 5

NAVAL MOVES

ABSOLUTELY UNJUSTIFIABLE. NO MENACE E 0 EUROPE. ITALIAN VIEW OF BRITAIN. (United: Press Association—Copyright) ROME, SeSptember 19. . The spokesman fox: the Italian Foreign Office declares that the concentration of British warships in the Mediterranean is absolutely unjustified. Italy is not menacing any European Power. On the contrary, she intends to collaborate in the mainteixance and strengthening of European peace.

A WARNING AT GIBRALTAR.

LIGHTS MAY BE EXTINGUISHED

GIBRALTAR, September 20.

An official Gazette states that in the event of certain emergencies it may be necessary to extinguish all lights in the city.

The public are advised to obtain supplies of candles and are warned, however, that all lights must be carefully screened. Serious action will be taken against persons who disregard these instructions. . v

THE FRENCH PRESS ALARMED.

EMBAR RASSING NEGOTIATIONS

PARIS, September 19

The French press views the movements of the British Fleet with alarm. The “Journal Des Debats” asks whether the Abyssinian dispute has already become an Anglo-Italian conflict. It is unbelievable that the Mediterranean should become a closed lake. France should not associate herself with military sanctions and must remain neutral if she cannot stop a conflagration. “Le Temps” regards the Fleet movements as deplorable and embarrassing to the negotiations. Nevertheless it recognises that important Italian talk has forced Britain’s hand.