OPPOSITE VIEW IN ITALY
BRITAIN ACCUSED OF SELF INTEREST (Received February 23, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 22. The Rome correspondent of "TJhe limes," declaring that the EngjKn newspapers' curiosity as to JK*W- th« Maffey document reached we "Giornale d'ltalia" will never be S? e <?' says that Signor Gayda conwis -that the report does not vin-
dicate Britain's disinterestedness. On the contrary, Britain, when faced with the prospect of Italy absorbing Abyssinia, took the initiative in her own interest, regardless of the league. Consequently her subsequent intervention on behalf of the league is not the outcome of a straightforward policy, but is due to new, mysterious domestic factors, and adds that this fact must be clearly understood by league supporters throughout the world. Signor Gayda adds that the report calls for meditation by Englishmen of good faith, and cannot be brushed aside by ready-made phrases.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21715, 24 February 1936, Page 11
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