BRINGING RUIN TO ITALY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 300, 2 October 1935, Page 5

BRINGING RUIN TO ITALY.

TRADE AND REVENUE DECLINE.

COST OF LIVING- RISING

LONDON, September 30

The “Daily Mail” asserts that tiro latest Italian figures show that her Abyssinian adventure is bringing ruin with it. Trade, production and revenue are declining, and expenditure and the cost of living are rising. ITALIANS EXPELLED FROM MALTA.

PURGE OF ISLAND INTENDED

MALTA, October 1. The Governor lias deported five prominent Italian residents because of their anti-British activities. A high official on the island declared that this was

only the first step toward purging the island, where espionage and propaganda for Italy had been rife for several years.

CANAL CANNOT BE CLOSED.

VIEW TAKEN BY COMPANY.

LONDON, October 1

The Rome correspondent of “The Times” says great prominence is given to a report that the iSiuez Canal Company affirms that- the canal cannot bo closed in peace or war.

NO APPEARANCE OF CHALLENGE

EMPEROR MAY MODIFY MOBILISATION. LONDON, October 1. The Addis Ababa correspondent of “The Times” says that, contrary to the views of his foreign advisers, the Emperor is believed to favour mobilisation without the traditional drumming. His advisers feel it would thus lose all its internal effect, but the Emperor at present considers only its diplomatic effect, and is eager to the last not to give any appearance of a challenge.

ITALIAN WOMEN DISSATISFIED.

HIGHER SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.

LONDON, October 1

The Rome correspondent of the “News-Chronicle” says that owing to discontent among the' womenfolk of men called to the colours, the separation allowance is being increased from Is to Is 3d a day. H.M.S. SUSSEX FOR fHE MEDITERRANEAN. LONDON, September 30. H.M.S. Sussex,, which is attached to the Royal Australian Navy, will leave Fremantle on October 18 to rejoin the Mediterranean Fleet.