BRITAIN MAKES PROPOSALS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21938, 12 November 1936, Page 13

BRITAIN MAKES PROPOSALS

NEGOTIATIONS WITH ITALY SEEKING UNDERSTANDING IN MEDITERRANEAN CONQUEST OF ABYSSINIA A PROBLEM (dOTED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (Received November 12, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON, November 11. The diplomatic correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says it is understood that the British Government, through Sir Eric Drummond (British Ambassador to Rome) submitted to Signor Mussolini definite proposals for a Mediterranean understanding between Britain and Italy on the basis of the maintenance of the present relative strengths of the two navies in the Mediterranean, and also written guarantees on their respective spheres and interests in the Mediterranean, Negotiations are expected to be protracted, as it is stated that the problem of the recognition of Italy’s Abyssinian empire must tfe settled before there can be co-operation on wider questions. x , . Signor Mussolini is understood to have privately assured the British Government of his intense desire for an understanding with Britain and of receiving reciprocal assurances.