BRITAIN AND ITALY

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 41, 12 November 1936, Page 11

BRITAIN AND ITALY

Mussolini Anxious For Understanding

MEDITERRANEAN NAVIES

By Telegraph—Press Assu.—Copyright.. (Received November 11, 11.5 p.m.) London. November 11. The diplomatic correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says: “It is understood that rhe British Government, through Sir Eric Drummond, its Ambassador at Rome, submitted to Signor Mussolini definite proposals for an AngloItalian Mediterranean understanding on the basis of the maintenance of the present relative strengths of the two navies in the .Mediterranean. also written guarantees regarding the respective spheres of interests in the Mediterranean ; but negotiations are expected to be protracted, as it is stated that the problem of the recognition of Italy's Abyssinian empire must be settled before there can be co-operation on wider questions. Signor Mussolini is understood to have privately assured the British Government of his intense desire for an understanding with Britain, receiving reciprocal assurances.”