“PURELY PRECAUTIONARY.”
ITALIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY. NO AGGRESSIVE AIMS. (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, September 22.. The Foreign Office has announced that the British Ambassador at Rome called on Signor Suvich in order to communicate the movements of the British fleet and the reinforcement of Mediterranean garrisons. Ho explained that they were not intended to imply any aggressive intentions on the part of the British Government. On the contrary, the measures were taken as tlie natural consequence of the violence of the anti-British campaign in the Italian press during the last few weeks. Signor Suvich explained the movements of Italian troops, and added that he was authorised! to declare that the Italian military preparations were purely precautionary, without any aggicssive aim.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 292, 23 September 1935, Page 5
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