PEER ALARMED.
Gibraltar Not Invulnerable Fortress. ITALY'S BLUFF OVER-RATED. LONDON. November 4. Criticism of the defences of Malta' and Gibraltar and of tlie Government's j weak attitude in the face of ltali.ini bluffing was voiced by Lord Straboljji ill the House of Lords. He said Italv's power for mischief \\a-< greatly exaggerated. She had extrnordiuarv vulnerable armies scatte'-ed in l.'bya. Kthiopia and Spain. ! The situation at Gibraltar alarmed him. It wax not tut invulnerable fort - ress, as was once taught. j Lord Strickland appealed for an improvement in the defences and an overhaul of politics in Malta. The Marouess of Dufferin and Ava. in reply, said the defences of Malta would be taken in hand rapidly. Experts did not consider that Gibraltar was untenable. Britain's sole concern in the Mediterranean was for an undisturbed highway. A sincere understanding with Italy was one of the main conditions of peace.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 263, 5 November 1937, Page 7
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