ITALY'S YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS.
LADS OF 18 AND 19 YEARS.
UNSUITABLY CLOTHED.
(Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, September 30
Field-Marshal Sir William BitdYvood, addressing ex-servicemen at Wisbech, declared that a few weeks ago'he saw six Italian troopships at Port Said. He was struck with the extraordinary youtlifulness of the soldiers, who were all aged from 18 to 19. They were unsuitably clad! in thick Yvoollen coats, indicating that Italy had not fully considered the needs of an Abyssinian campaign. It seemed that Mussolini was determined to fight, whatever happened. “The last thing we want is to he invoked in war,” said Sir William, but we bitterly regret any nation breaking from the Covenant.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 299, 1 October 1935, Page 5
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